[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that whoever performs ablution, he should do it properly and with gratitude. And whoever takes a bath, bathing is preferable. This hadith was narrated by Bakr ibn Bakkār from Abū Hurrah through its chain of narrators. Abu 'Abdullah al-Ḥāfiz reported it to us and he said that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sakhṭawayh reported it to us, who reported it from Muhammad ibn Manda al-Asbahānī, who reported it from Bakr ibn Bakkār, who reported it from Abū Hurrah. Another narration of this hadith is reported from another chain of narrators from the Prophet ﷺ , and in its chain of narrators there is a discrepancy (nazhar).  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ 1413 وَرَوَاهُ بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَشُكَّ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْدَهَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا أَبُو حُرَّةَ فَذَكَرَهُ وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِ نَظَرٌ