hadith
/həˈdiːθ/
hadith noun: an eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.
Noun
hadith (countable and uncountable, plural hadith or hadiths or ahadith)
- An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.
- In addition to the Quran, Muslims also look to the hadiths for moral and spiritual guidance in their daily lives.
- There are four main Shia books of hadith and six main Sunni books of hadith.
- A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.
Proper noun capitalized: Hadith
Hadith
- The entire collection of hadiths (sayings and deeds) of Muhammad within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.
hadith meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hadith in Hindi
- collected sayings and actions of Muhammad
- हदीस hadīs
hadith in Tamil
- ஹதீஸ்
hadith in Marathi
- हदीस
hadith in Urdu
- collected sayings and actions of Muhammad
- حَدِیث hadīs
More languagesFewer languages
- hadith in Bengali
- হাদীছ hadich, হাদিস hadiś
- hadith in Telugu
- హదీస్, హదీసు
- hadith in Malayalam
- ഹദീസ്
- hadith in Kannada
- ಹದೀಸ್, ಹದೀಸನ್ನು
- hadith in Punjabi
- ਹਦੀਸ hadīs
- hadith in Gujarati
- હદીસ hadīs
- hadith in Odia
- ହଦୀସ୍, ହଦୀସ
- hadith in Nepali
- हदीस
- hadith in Pashto
- حديث hadis
- hadith in Arabic
- حَدِيث ḥadīṯ
- hadith in Malay
- hadis
- hadith in Indonesian
- hadis
- hadith in Persian
- حَدیث hadis
- hadith in Thai
- หะดีษ
Synonyms of hadith
Forms of hadith
| plural | hadith |
|---|---|
| plural | hadiths |
| plural | ahadith |
Origin of hadith
From Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “Prophetic tradition”), from حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell, relate, report”).
See hadith.
Words formed from hadith
Phrases with hadith
Words that rhyme with hadith
Questions about hadith
- What does hadith mean?
- Hadith means an eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.
- What is hadith in Hindi?
- Hadith in Hindi is हदीस (hadīs). See Hadith meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hadith?
- Hadith can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hadith?
- Hadith is pronounced /həˈdiːθ/.
- What is the plural of hadith?
- The plural of hadith is hadith.
Words near hadith in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hadith (page history and authors); Hadith (page history and authors); hadith (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hadith (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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