Variant transliteration of 'hadith,' an Islamic term for recorded reports of the Prophet Muhammad's actions and words.
From Arabic 'hadīth' (narrative, account), sometimes transliterated as 'hadit' in older English texts. The word means 'something new' in Arabic, referring to these post-Quranic teachings.
The difference between 'hadith' and 'Quran' is crucial: the Quran is God's direct word, but hadiths are stories about what Muhammad did and said—and scholars spend lifetimes authenticating them.
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