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Date: August 5, 2026 6:26:14 AM CEST
Nibras Abo Alzahab submitted the hadith package. Version: 1.1.0 License: lppl1.3c pd Summary description: An easy way to typeset Hadith text using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX Announcement text:
A new package, hadith, provides an easy way to typeset Hadith text with full Arabic diacritics (tashkeel) from the canonical collections of Islamic tradition in XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX documents. The package is modeled after the quran package and follows the same architecture: text data in .def files, macros in .sty. The package includes 7 collections (36,390 hadiths total): Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah, and Muwatta Malik. English translations and hadith authenticity grades are included. Key features include on-demand chapter loading to avoid TeX memory limits, case-insensitive collection names, inline citation commands, and metadata commands for section/chapter names. The package requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX with the bidi and polyglossia packages.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/hadith The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/hadith/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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hadith – An easy way to typeset Hadith text using or Lua

This package provides an easy way to typeset Hadith text (with full Arabic diacritics/tashkeel) from the canonical collections of Islamic tradition in or Lua documents. It is modeled after the quran package and follows the same architecture: text data in .def files, macros in .sty.

The package currently includes seven collections (36,390 hadiths total): Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa’i, Sunan Ibn Majah, and Muwatta Malik. English translations and hadith authenticity grades are included.

Key features include on-demand chapter loading to avoid memory limits, case-insensitive collection names, inline citation commands, and metadata commands for section/chapter names.

Packagehadith
Version1.1.0
Copyright2025 Nibras Abo Alzahab
MaintainerNibras Abo Alzahab

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