hadith
2 synonyms for hadith, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A reported account of something Muhammad, or occasionally one of his companions, said or did that is not recorded in the Quran.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Sunna
Sunnah
How to use hadith
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
a collection of hadith
an authentic hadith
cite a hadith
the study of hadith
Hadith is a specialist term from Islamic studies and religious writing rather than everyday speech.
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.
Full origin of hadith →Frequently asked questions
What does hadith mean?
A hadith is a report of something Muhammad said or did that isn't part of the Quran itself. The word is also used for the wider collections of these reports.
What is the plural of hadith?
English uses hadiths, hadith, or the Arabic-derived ahadith, all of which are accepted.
Where does the word hadith come from?
It comes from Arabic ḥadīth, related to a verb meaning to tell or report, reflecting how these accounts were passed on by word of mouth.
