Who were the Khawarij?

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The Kharijites were the first sect to split from the community after Siffin. They declared the perpetrators of major sins disbelievers and fought the caliphs. Among their remnants are the Ibadis in Oman and the Maghreb. 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