Who was Nusayba bint Kab?

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Nusayba bint Ka'b al-Ansariyya, Umm Umara, was among the first to pledge at al-'Aqaba. At Uhud she fought, and she received twelve wounds while defending the Prophet ﷺ. 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 Nusayba bint Kab?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas