27/20. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3431 — Age of Participation
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Hadith About Ibn Umar, Age, and Permission to Join
Sunan an-Nasai : 3431
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3431
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَلَمْ يُجِزْهُ وَعَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَأَجَازَهُ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
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).
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3431In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 43English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3461
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3431
This Hadith is often searched as Ibn Umar age hadith or age of maturity in Islam. Ibn Umar presented himself to the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Uhud when he was fourteen years old, but he was not permitted to join the army. Later, on the Day of Al-Khandaq, he presented himself again when he was fifteen years old, and he was permitted. The report gives a simple contrast between two ages and two events. It does not add a long legal explanation in the text itself. Its main teaching is about assessment before participation and the difference made between fourteen and fifteen in this specific report.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ibn Umar was not permitted to join at fourteen on the Day of Uhud.
- He was permitted at fifteen on the Day of Al-Khandaq.
- The Hadith shows that age and readiness were checked.
- The text compares two events without adding wider rulings.
