hadith

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

• IPA^(key): [haˈdiːθ]

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hadith (countable and uncountable, plural hadith or hadiths or ahadith)

1. (countable, religion, Islam) An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.

   In addition to the Quran, many 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. (countable, in the plural, religion, Islam) A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.

• (uncountable): the Hadith, the Sunna
• (countable): tradition, saying, deed, etc.

• hadithic

• (adj.): hadith, hadithic, Hadithic
• Sunna

From Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑdiːt/, [ˈhɑdiːt̪]

hadith

1. hadith (collection of Muhammed's sayings)

hadith m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hádice