52. Witnesses

٥٢۔ كتاب الشهادات

52.18 The boys attaining the age of puberty and their witness

٥٢۔١٨ باب بُلُوغِ الصِّبْيَانِ وَشَهَادَتِهِمْ

[Machine] And the saying of Allah Ta'ala: "And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission." And Mugheerah said, "I had a wet dream when I was twelve years old." And the reaching of women in their menses is according to His statement, Mighty and Majestic: "And those who no longer expect menstruation among you," until His statement: "That they put away their [outer] garments." And Al-Hasan ibn Saleh said, "I had a neighbor who was a grandmother and she was twenty-one years old."

وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا}. وَقَالَ مُغِيرَةُ احْتَلَمْتُ وَأَنَا ابْنُ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. وَبُلُوغُ النِّسَاءِ فِي الْحَيْضِ لِقَوْلِهِ ﷻ: {وَاللاَّئِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِنْ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ} وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَدْرَكْتُ جَارَةً لَنَا جَدَّةً بِنْتَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

bukhari:2664ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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)." Nafiʿ said, "I went to ʿUmar bin ʿAbdul ʿAziz who was Caliph at that time and related the above narration to him, He said, "This age (fifteen) is the limit between childhood and manhood," and wrote to his governors to give salaries to those who reached the age of fifteen.  

البخاري:٢٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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  

bukhari:2665ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī Yablugh Bih

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Bath on Friday is compulsory for those who have attained the age of puberty."  

البخاري:٢٦٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ غُسْلُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍ