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Why are There Differently-Worded Narrations to One Hadith?

Question: Why are there differently-worded narrations to one hadith? Answered by: Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful There could be many reasons for the differences of expressions found in the narrations: One reason could be that the Prophet (upon him be peace) actually made the same point on various occasions using different words. Based on this, it is easy to understand that those who were present on one occasion would narrate differently from those who were present on another occasion. Another reason is that many times the narrators would relate the…