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Hadith

A report of the sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad, second only to the Qurʾān in authority.

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Sufism and Islamic thought

Hadith are reports, transmitted through chains of narrators, of what the Prophet said and did. Scholars graded their reliability and gathered them in collections. Sufis cherished hadith that speak of the heart, love and nearness to God.