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1711. Nāfi' narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "I was reviewed before the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ in the army, and I was fourteen years old, but he did not accept me. Then I was reviewed before him later in the army while I was fifteen years old, and he accepted me."
Nāfi' said: "I narrated this Hadīth to 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz and he said: 'This is the limit that distinguishes between youth and manhood.' Then he wrote to give salaries to whoever reached fifteen years of age."
(Another chain) with similar, but he (Nāfi' said): "Umar [bin 'Abdul-'Aziz] said: 'This is the limit that distinguishes between children and soldiers.'" And he did not mention him writing about the salary. (Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Ishāq bin Yūsuf is a Ḥasan Ṣahīh Gharīb Hadīth as a narration of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī.
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[1] See no. 1361.
Commentary
When, in the days of the Muslim rulers, Jihād was performed as an Islamic duty, the names of war-worthy persons were entered into a military book, and they were given stipends from Public Treasury. On reaching the age of fifteen a person was considered fit for fighting. Discussion about the prescribed limit for the age of responsibility has been included in the Book of Al-Ahkām (Judgements), in its Chapter on the Puberty of Man and Woman.
