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hadith

The origin and history of hadith.

Etymology

Hadith comes from the Arabic word حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ), which could mean recent events, a story, discourse, or a hadith itself. That Arabic noun in turn comes from the verb حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa), meaning to tell, relate or report.

Origin: Arabic

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