hadith. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

hadith

SYLLABICATION:	ha·dith
PRONUNCIATION:	h-dth
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. hadith or ha·diths Islam 1a. A report of the sayings or actions of Muhammad or his companions, together with the tradition of its chain of transmission. b. The collective body of these traditions. 2. See Sunna (sense 1).
ETYMOLOGY:	Arabic ad, report, news, tradition, from addaa, to report, from adaa, to be new. See d in Appendix II.


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