What is zuhd?

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Asceticism (zuhd) is leaving what is useless for the Hereafter and turning away from the ornament of this world. It was the trait of the Prophet ﷺ and the righteous, and scholars count it as a path of spiritual purification. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas