Who was Ahmad ibn Hanbal?

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Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) was the imam of the Sunna. He compiled his Musnad from about forty thousand hadiths, and he held firm to the view that the Qur'an is uncreated during the inquisition, for which he was beaten. 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 was Ahmad ibn Hanbal?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas