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Definition of Hadith

1. Noun. (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions.

2. Noun. (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.

Definition of Hadith

1. Noun. (Islam) the collected sayings and actions of Muhammad and his companions as related by eyewitnesses, used to determine the Sunna (Muslim way of life). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hadith

1. a record of the sayings of Muhammed [n HADITH or HADITHS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hadith

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hadedas hading hadith (current term) hadiths hadj hadje hadjee hadjees hadjes hadji

hadjis hadn't hadna hadnae hadopelagic hadrodynamic hadrodynamics

Literary usage of Hadith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh: Revised Edition by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2006)
"When man takes satan's property, satan will come either to fight to reclaim his property or to take the man into his fold as his own child." 477. A hadith: ..."

2. Women and the Glorious Qur'an: An Analytical Study of Women-related Verses by Gunawan Adnan (2004)
"Sejarah Perkembangan Hadits (The History of the Development of hadith). Jakarta: Bulan Bintang, 1973. 187 pp. 5. Beberapa Rangkuman Hadits (Some Collections ..."

3. The Disintegration of Islam by Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1916)
"With reference to the original narrators there are also three classes; hadith-el-Marfu, an exalted tradition, is a saying or an act, related or performed by ..."

4. Mohammedan Theories of Finance by Nicolas Prodromon Aghnides (1916)
"1 The hadith-folk, on the contrary, had no liking for abstract speculation, but would only concern themselves with concrete cases. ..."

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