Etymology

Ibadism

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Today it means: The doctrines associated with Ibadis, such as the acceptance of fewer hadiths, and the addition of Jami Sahih as a canonical hadith. Full definition →

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From Arabic إِبَاض (ʔibāḍ, part of the name of Abd Allah b. Ibad) + -ism.

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