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1. 1. A report of the sayings or actions of Muhammad or his companions, together with the tradition of its chain of transmission.
   2. The collective body of these traditions.
2. See Sunna (sense 1).

[Arabic ḥadīṯ, report, news, tradition, from ḥaddaṯa, to report, from ḥadaṯa, to be new.]

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