Which method best integrates the six reports without distorting them?

Al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar: Narrator Criticism, Variant Reports and Evidence

• Preserve each report’s chain, wording and evidentiary role, then examine the combined indications
• Merge all into one chain and one speech
• Turn each harsh expression into an established Prophetic hadith
• Count thematic reports as six independent eyewitness statements