Ikiwa hadithi mbili zinapingana na zote mbili zinatumika kama ushahidi kwa hukumu mbili zinazopingana, basi hadithi moja haitapewa kipaumbele juu ya nyingine kwa sababu moja imo katika Bukhari au Muslim na nyingine haimo. Lazima kuwepo na ushahidi wazi wa kuchagua hadithi moja juu ya nyingine. Ibn Humam anaandika katika Fath al-Qadir, "Hadithi moja haitapendelewa juu ya nyingine kwa sababu ni hadithi ya Bukhari."42 Je, kosa la hadithi nyingine ni nini kwa kuwa Imam Bukhari hakuiweka katika kitabu chake?

If two hadith conflict with each other and both are being used as evidence for two opposing rulings, then one hadith will not be chosen over the other because one is in Bukhari or Muslim and the other not. There must be clear proof for choosing one hadith over another. Ibn Humóm writes in Fatú al-Bari, “One hadith will not be preferred over the other because it is a hadith of Bukhari.”42 What fault is it of the other hadith that Imam Bukhari didn’t include it in his book?