Is it possible to obtain sufficient and satisfactory information regarding the nature of Hadiths narrated by two different narrators with different wordings, as in the two aforementioned Hadiths about Jabir ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari, through books or sources that include ten such Hadiths?
In the noble Sunnah, there are many hadiths that have been narrated by more than one Companion with similar wordings, just as there are hadiths narrated by more than one Imam from among the authors of hadith books and compilations. Examples include: the hadith "Islam has been built upon five [pillars]," which was narrated by Ibn Umar and Jarir al-Bajali; and the hadith "Whoever eats from this tree [garlic or onion] should not approach our mosque," which was narrated by Ibn Umar and Abu Hurairah; and the hadith "None of you will have faith until I am more beloved to him than his father, his children, and all of mankind," which was narrated by Abu Hurairah and Anas. There are other hadiths as well, such as "May Allah brighten the face of a person who hears something from us," "No ablution is needed except for a sound or a smell," "Were it not that I would overburden my people, I would have ordered them to use the siwak," "Any slave who marries without the permission of his master is an adulterer," "The Imam is a guarantor, and the Mu'adhdhin is entrusted," "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise," and "Give glad tidings to those who walk in the darkness to the mosques, of perfect light." One can refer to the compilations concerned with authenticating hadiths and clarifying the sound ones, such as "Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib," "Al-Jami' al-Saghir," "Mishkat al-Masabih," and others.
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