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hadith.

An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.

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Meaning & usage

noun/həˈdiːθ/
  1. An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.

    countable
    In addition to the Quran, Muslims also look to the hadiths for moral and spiritual guidance in their daily lives.
    There are four main Shia books of hadith and six main Sunni books of hadith.
  2. A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.

    countable · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “Prophetic tradition”), from حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell, relate, report”).

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