Hadis
/ˈhædɪs/noun
A variant spelling of hadith, referring to a report of the sayings, actions, or approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Did you know?Hadis derives from Arabic ḥadīth, a word also meaning “conversation” or “new report,” and its plural, aḥādīth, names the vast collections of prophetic traditions.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥdṯ
“A reconstructed root associated with being new, occurring, or coming into existence.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥadīth
“A report, account, conversation, or piece of news; later, a report about Muhammad’s words and actions.”
Early Islamic period
Arabic
ḥadīṯ
“A transmitted prophetic tradition, preserved through chains of narrators.”
Ottoman period
Ottoman Turkish
hadis
“A borrowing meaning a prophetic tradition or hadith report.”
Modern period
Malay/Indonesian
hadis
“The standard Malay and Indonesian spelling for a prophetic tradition.”
Modern English
English
hadis
“A less common variant spelling of hadith, generally used in discussions of Islamic tradition.”