Who are the Ahl al-Bayt?

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The Ahl al-Bayt are the Prophet ﷺ's close kin, to whom charity is forbidden and from whom God removed impurity. In Sunni usage they are Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn, and their uncle and cousins. 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.

Who are the Ahl al-Bayt?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas