The reason the author stated the recommendation of a sutrah and the combining of the hadiths

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What led the author (may Allah have mercy on him) to state that the sutrah is recommended, when the hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are a command, which indicates that it is obligatory?

Answer:
My brother, you did not notice. What this question means is: The last hadith says that nothing breaks the prayer. This indicates that passing by does not break the prayer in a real sense, but rather it is a figurative breaking. Pay attention to the hadiths.
So it indicates that the previous command is for recommendation, not for obligation; because the Messenger said This is the light: one hadith clarifies another and explains another. We do not take one hadith and leave the other. The general must be clarified, the absolute must be restricted, and the abrogated must be abrogated. It is not that you take a hadith and say this indicates obligation without looking at the rest of the hadiths. This is fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence): that a person does not take a hadith at face value without looking to see if there is something that restricts it? If there is something that clarifies it? If there is something that abrogates it? If there is something that explains it? Yes.