Does the hadith: "Whoever performs wudu on Friday, that is good and excellent, and whoever performs ghusl, the ghusl is better," change the obligation of the Friday ghusl to a recommendation?

The questioner : He says: You mentioned that the Friday ghusl is obligatory, and there is a hadith: Does not this first one change the obligation to a recommendation?

The Shaykh : The poet says:
"Like one who butts a rock one day to weaken it *** But he did not harm it, and he weakened the horn of the ibex"
The ibex butts the rock to crush it, but what breaks? The horn of the ibex. So he did not harm it, and he weakened the horn of the ibex.
This hadith, may Allah reward you, is a mursal (report missing the Companion link) and there is doubt regarding its authenticity back to the Messenger. Also, its style does not have the smoothness of the Prophetic speech: Meaning, if you hear the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), especially if you read a lot of the Prophetic hadiths, you find it has a luster and smoothness that is not like this speech. So this hadith is weak and it cannot compete with the hadith of Abu Sa'id, which was narrated by the seven Imams with clear and explicit wording: And on this basis, there is no contradiction between the two hadiths, because the hadith of Samurah that you referred to does not compete with the hadith of Abu Sa'id.