Who were the Mutazila?

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The Mu'tazila were an ancient theological movement that held to divine justice, the oneness of God, the intermediate position between two positions, and the createdness of the Qur'an. Their power reached its height under al-Ma'mun, and then Ahl al-Sunna defeated them. 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