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A hadith (Arabic: حَدِيْث, pronounced: "ha-deeth") is a saying attributed to Muhammad, a prophet of Islam. In English, the word hadith is also used as the plural word for a group of these narrations, although the plural in Arabic is a-HAA-deeth.

For most self-identified Muslims, hadiths are used along with the Qur'an to interpret Sharia. Sunnis follow the Kutub al-Sittah; Shias follow the Kutub al-Arba'a; Ibadis follow Tartib al-Musnad. Hadiths attributed to Abu Hurairah are the most common hadiths in Sunnism. Unlike the Qur'an, hadiths are not universally accepted by Muslims;^[1][2][3] some Muslims claim that most hadiths are fabrications (pseudepigrapha)^[1] created in the 8th and 9th century AD, and which are falsely attributed to Muhammad.^[2][3][1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Hadith and the Corruption of the great religion of Islam | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam)". submission.org. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Aisha Y. Musa, The Qur’anists, Florida International University, accessed May 22, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Neal Robinson (2013), Islam: A Concise Introduction, Routledge, ISBN 978-0878402243, Chapter 7, pp. 85-89