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VI.—THE TRADITIONS.
The Hadís (pl. Ahádís) is, as we have already remarked, the second part of the Muhammadan rule of faith. It forms the body of that oral law of the Arabian legislator which stands next to the Qurán in point of authority, being considered by all Muhammadans, whether Sunní, Shíʾah, or Wahhábi, as a supplement to that book. The collections of these traditions are called Hadís, being records of the sayings of the Prophet, but they are also called Sunna, a word which signifies custom, or regulation.
Muhammad gave very special injunctions respecting the faithful transmission of his sayings; for example, it is related by Tirmizi, that the Prophet said, "Convey to other per-sons none of my words except those which ye
