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Definition of Hadith noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Hadith

noun

/hæˈdiːθ/

/hæˈdiːθ/

(plural Hadith, Hadiths)

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[singular] a text containing things said by Muhammad and descriptions of his daily life, used by Muslims as a spiritual guideTopics Religion and festivalsc2

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[countable] one of the things said by Muhammad, recorded in this text

Word Originfrom Arabic ḥadīt̲ ‘tradition’.

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