التعريف
Any reported saying, action, tacit approval, or attribute of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Each ḥadīth consists of an isnād (chain of narrators) and a matn (text).
النطق: ḥa-DĪTH
الاشتقاق والجذر
From the root ح-د-ث (ḥ-d-th), meaning 'something new' or 'a report.' The Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ is called ḥadīth as it is the 'newly conveyed' speech distinct from the eternal Qur'an.
الاستخدام في القرآن
'Then in what statement (ḥadīth) after this will they believe?' (al-Mursalāt 77:50) — referring to the Qur'an itself as a ḥadīth.
الاستخدام في السنة
The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever lies upon me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire.' (Bukhārī 110, Muslim 3) — the foundation of the entire ḥadīth science.
ملاحظات علمية
Distinguished from khabar (general report) and athar (often used for Companion or Tābi‘ī statements), though the terms overlap in usage. The science of ḥadīth (‘ulūm al-ḥadīth) is unique to this Ummah.
التطبيق العملي
When you hear a saying attributed to the Prophet ﷺ, ask: 'What is its source and grading?' before sharing or acting upon it.
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مصطلحات ذات صلة
المزيد من Hadith Terminology
The text/wording of the hadith.
The science of criticising and validating narrators.
Authentic — the highest grade of hadith.
Disconnected — a narrator missing in the chain.
A Tābi‘ī narrates directly from the Prophet ﷺ — skipping the Companion.
Attributed directly to the Prophet ﷺ.