Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 832 – Volume 3, Book 48

English

Volume 3, Book 48, Number 832:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle called me to present myself in front of him or the eve of the battle of Uhud, while I
was fourteen years of age at that time, and he did not allow me to take part in that battle, but he
called me in front of him on the eve of the battle of the Trench when I was fifteen years old, and he
allowed me (to join the battle)." Nafi' said, "I went to 'Umar bin 'Abdul Aziz who was Caliph at that
time and related the above narration to him, He said, "This age (fifteen) is the limit between child –
hood and manhood," and wrote to his governors to give salaries to those who reached the age of fif –
teen.