hadithとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “Prophetic tradition”), from حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell, relate, report”).

発音

• IPA: [həˈdiːθ]

名詞

hadith (countable and uncountable, plural hadith or hadiths or ahadith)

1. (countable, religion, Islam) 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.

2. (countable, in the plural, religion, Islam) A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.

同意語

• (uncountable): the Hadith, the Sunna
• (countable): tradition, saying, deed, etc.

派生語

関連する語

• (adj.): hadith, hadithic, Hadithic
• Sunna