Sahih Muslim Hadith 4837 – The Age Of

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[4837] 91 – (1868) It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah inspected me on the day of (the battle of) Uhud, when I was fourteen years old, and he did not allow me to take part in the fighting. He inspected me on the day of (the battle of) Al- Khandaq, when I was fifteen years old, and he allowed me (to take part in the fighting)." Nâfi' said: "I came to 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'AzIz, who was the caliph at that time, and I narrated this HadIth to him. He said: 'This is the demarcation between a minor and an adult.' He wrote to his agents telling them to pay a stipend to all those over the age of fifteen, and to regard all those under that age as children."