Editing Hadith (section)

=== Similar literature===
Islamic literary classifications similar to hadith (but not {{transliteration|ar|sunnah}}) are {{transliteration|ar|maghazi}} and {{transliteration|ar|[[Prophetic biography|sira]]}}. They differ from hadith in that they are organized "relatively chronologically" rather than by subject. 
*{{transliteration|ar|Sīrat}} (literally 'way of going' or 'conduct'), biographies of Muhammad, written since the middle of the eighth century. Similar writings called {{transliteration|ar|maghazi}} (literally 'raid') preceded the {{transliteration|ar|sīrat}} literature, focusing on military actions of Muhammad, but also included non-military aspects of his life.<ref name="pierce-17-18">{{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Matthew |title=Twelve Infallible Men |date=2016 |publisher=Harvard University Press. |pages=17–18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjS6CwAAQBAJ&q=difference+between+sira+and+biography&pg=PA17 |access-date=26 October 2019|isbn=9780674737075 }}</ref>  Therefore, there is overlap in the meaning of the terms, although {{transliteration|ar|maghazi}} suggests military aspects rather than general biographical ones.
Other traditions of Islam related to hadith include: 
*{{transliteration|ar|Khabar}} (literally news, information, pl. {{transliteration|ar|akhbar}}) may be used as a synonym for ''hadith'', but some scholars use it to refer to traditions about Muhammad's [[Sahaba|companions]] and their successors from the [[Tabi'un|following generation]], in contrast to hadith as defined as traditions about Muhammad himself. Another definition (by Ibn Warraq) describes them as "discrete anecdotes or reports" from early Islam which "include simple statements, utterances of authoritative scholars, saints, or statesmen, reports of events, and stories about historical events all varying in length from one line to several pages."<ref name=IWSoMatRoI2000:66>[[#IWSoMatRoI2000|Ibn Warraq, "Studies on Muhammad and the Rise of Islam", 2000]]: p.66</ref> 
*Conversely, {{transliteration|ar|athar}} (trace, remnant) usually refers to traditions about the companions and successors, though sometimes connotes traditions about Muhammad.