hadith
pronunciation
How to pronounce hadith in British English:
UK [hæ'di:θ]
How to pronounce hadith in American English:
US [hæ'diθ]
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- 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
Word Origin
- Hadith (n.)
- "collected Islamic tradition, the body of traditions relating to Muhammad," 1817, from Arabic, literally "tradition," related to hadith "new, young," hadatha "it happened, occurred," and Hebrew hadash "new." Plural is Hadithat.
Example
- 1. These sites have been developed by the jews who intentionally spread wrong information about the quran , the hadith and the islam ?
- 2. A wahhabi welfare organisation , al hadith , which almost certainly benefits from generous saudi funds , is quietly emerging as a powerful welfare , religious and cultural force .
- 3. A minority among the muslims does not accept the various books of hadith as being an accurate representation of what the prophet muhammed said .
- 4. The hadith ( the sayings of muhammad ) exhort believers to seek knowledge , " even as far as china " .
- 5. The non-muslim minority in kashmir is much less sanguine , seeing al hadith as a proxy for saudi interests and a powerful example of the spreading " pan-islamisation " of kashmir .