Who was Imam Muslim?

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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Nisaburi (815–875) is the author of Sahih Muslim. It is the second most authentic book among the people of the Sunna, and many regard his method of compilation as the most precise. 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