Hadith definitions

hə-dēth'
A report of the sayings or actions of Muhammad or his companions, together with the tradition of its chain of transmission.
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The collective body of these traditions.
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A traditional collection of the sayings of, and biographical anecdotes about, Muhammad.
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Any of these sayings or anecdotes.
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Origin of hadith

Arabic ḥadīṯ report, news, tradition from ḥaddaṯa to report from ḥadaṯa to be new ḥdṯ in Semitic roots

Sentence Examples

  • He studied the Koran and its traditions (hadith, sunna) there and on a student journey through Mesopotamia, Arabia and Syria.

  • Bukhari [[[Mahommed Ahmed Ibn Seyyid Abdullah|Mahommed ibn]] Isma`il al-Bukhari] (810-872), Arabic author of the most generally accepted collection of traditions (hadith) from Mahomet, was born at Bokhara (Bukhdra), of an Iranian family, in A.H.

  • Thus nearly 99% of these hadith were considered spurious.

  • authenticity of hadith with all its complicated disciplines which was outlined in the preceding chapter.

  • This hadith says that women are part of an evil omen are part of an evil omen.

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