Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2664
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهْوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَلَمْ يُجِزْنِي، ثُمَّ عَرَضَنِي يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَأَجَازَنِي. قَالَ نَافِعٌ فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَهْوَ خَلِيفَةٌ، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَحَدٌّ بَيْنَ الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ. وَكَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ أَنْ يَفْرِضُوا لِمَنْ بَلَغَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿUbaydullah ibn Saʿid narrated to us: Abu Usama narrated to us, saying: ʿUbaydullah narrated to me: Nafiʿ narrated to me: Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assessed him for participation at Uhud when he was fourteen years old but did not permit him. Then he assessed him at the Battle of the Trench when he was fifteen and permitted him. Nafiʿ said: I came to ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz while he was caliph and related this report to him. He said: “This is the boundary between the young and the adult.” He wrote to his governors to grant stipends to whoever reached fifteen years of age.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says he was presented for assessment on the day of each battle; it does not say “the eve” of either battle.