to the Prophet ﷺ while he was building his mosque at the beginning of the Hijrah, (1) and did not return to him thereafter—this is incorrect for the following reasons:
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Abrogation is not resorted to unless reconciliation is impossible, whereas reconciliation is possible here.....
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The hadith of Talq contains an effective cause that cannot cease to exist. When a ruling is linked to an effective cause that cannot cease, the ruling itself cannot cease, for a ruling revolves around its effective cause. The effective cause is his saying: “It is only a part of you.” There can never come a day when a person’s penis is not a part of him; therefore, abrogation is not possible.
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The scholars have said that chronology cannot be established merely by one narrator’s earlier acceptance of Islam or earlier hearing of a report, for it is possible that the narrator related it from someone else.
That is, when two Companions narrate two hadiths whose apparent meanings conflict, and one of them accepted Islam later than the other, we do not say that the hadith of the one who accepted Islam later abrogates that of the one who accepted Islam earlier. It is possible that he narrated it from another Companion, or that the Prophet ﷺ related it at a later time.