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In Islam, the tradition or collection of traditions attributed
to the Prophet Muhammad that include his sayings, acts, and
approval or disapproval of things. Hadith is revered by Muslims
as a major source of religious law and moral guidance. It
consists of two parts: the oral law itself and the isnad, or
chain of authorities who passed it down to posterity. The
various collections of Hadith provide the major source for
studying the development of Islam in its first few centuries.
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