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In Islam, a list of authorities who have transmitted accounts of the teachings or actions of Muhammad, one of the Companions of the Prophet, or of a later authority. Each of these accounts, known as Hadith, includes an isnad that gives the chain of authorities by which it has been handed down, using the form, "It has been related to me by A on the authority of B on the authority of C on the authority of D that Muhammad said…." See also 'ilm al-hadith.

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"Support." In Islam, the isnad of a tradition is the chain or linkage of human reporters that authenticate the material as deriving from the time of Mohammad and his companions. Very roughly comparable to the Christian concept of apostolic succession and the Jewish validation of oral law.

 
 
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