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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ، أَنَّ تَمَامَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً لِلْمَرْءِ لَا يَكُونُ بُلُوغًا

ibnhibban:4728Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > al-Faḍl b. Sahl al-Aʿraj > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I was presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I was fourteen years old, but he did not give me permission and did not take notice of me. Then, I was presented to him when I was fifteen years old and he granted me permission."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«عُرِضْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْنِي وَلَمْ يَرَنِي بَلَغْتُ ثُمَّ عُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَنِي»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:3431ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that he presented himself to the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Uhud when he was fourteen years old, but he did not permit him (to join the army). He presented himself on the Day of Al-Khandaq when he was fifteen years old, and he permitted him (to join the army).  

النسائي:٣٤٣١أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْهُ وَعَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَهُ  

abudawud:4406Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

He was presented before the prophet ﷺ on the day of Uhd when he was fourteen years old, but he did not allow him (to participate in the battle). He was again presented before him on the day of Khandaq when he was fifteen years old, Then he allowed him.  

أبو داود:٤٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عُرِضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْهُ وَعُرِضَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَهُ  

ibnmajah:2543ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And ʾAbū Muʿāwiyah Waʾabū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“I was presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud, when I was fourteen years old, but he did not permit me (to fight). I was presented to him on the Day of Khandaq when I was fifteen years old, and he permitted me (to fight).' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

عُرِضْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْنِي وَعُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَنِي قَالَ نَافِعٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فِي خِلاَفَتِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا فَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ  

ذِكْرُ الْعَلَامَةِ، الَّتِي يُفَرَّقُ بِهَا بَيْنَ الْمُقَاتِلَةِ، وَبَيْنَ غَيْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:4727Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Daghūlī Bikhabar Gharīb from Kitābih > Muḥammad b. Dāwud b. Dīnār al-Karmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Nāfiʿ > Mālik b. Anas And Ghayruh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I was presented to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Uhud when I was fourteen years old and I had not yet experienced wet dreams, so he did not accept me. Then I was presented to him on the day of the Trench when I was fifteen years old, and he accepted me."  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ الدَّغُولِيُّ بِخَبَرٍ غَرِيبٍ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْكَرْمَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«عُرِضْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَلَمْ أَحْتَلِمْ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْنِي ثُمَّ عُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَقَبِلَنِي»  

bayhaqi:11302Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá al-Sukkarī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Abū Maʿshar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I was presented to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Badr when I was thirteen years old, but he did not permit me to participate in the battle. I was also presented to him on the day of Uhud when I was fourteen years old, but he did not permit me to participate in the battle. Then, I was presented to him on the day of the Trench when I was fifteen years old, and he permitted me to participate in the battle."  

البيهقي:١١٣٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى السُّكَّرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

عُرِضْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً لَمْ يُجِزْنِي فِي الْمُقَاتِلَةِ وَعُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْنِي فِي الْمُقَاتِلَةِ وَعُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَنِي فِي الْمُقَاتِلَةِ  

bayhaqi:17207Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā > ʿAmr b. ʿAlī And Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I was presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud when I was fourteen years old, and he considered me too young. Then, I was presented to him on the day of Khandaq when I was fifteen years old, and he accepted me.  

البيهقي:١٧٢٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَيَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

عُرِضْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَاسْتَصْغَرَنِي وَعُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَقَبِلَنِي  

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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٥٤b

"عن ابن عمر قال: جَاءَ بِى أَبِى يَوْمَ أُحُد إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْني وَلَمْ يُرِني النَّبِىَّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِى يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرةَ سَنَةً فَفَرضَ لِى رَسُولُ اللهَ ﷺ ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٥٥b

"عن ابن عمر قال: عُرِضْتُّ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَلَمْ يُجِزْني وَلَمْ يَرَنِى بَلَغْتُ، وعُرِضْتُّ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرةَ فَأَجَازَنِى".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-١٣٠b

"عُرِضْتُ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَاسْتَصْغَرَنِى، وَعُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَأَجَازَنِى".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٢٣٦b

"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: عُرِضْتُ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ فَرَدَّنِى، ثُمَّ عُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ أُحُد وَأَنَا ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَدَّنِى، ثُمَّ عُرِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَنِى ".  

ابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه