The boys attaining the age of puberty and their witness — Sahih al-Bukhari | Quran & Hadees
The boys attaining the age of puberty and their witness
And the Statement of Allah تعالى:
"And when the children among you come to puberty, then let them (also) ask for permission." (V.24:59)
Al-Mughira said, "I attained puberty at the age of twelve." The attaining of puberty by women is with the start of menses, as is referred to by the Statement of Allah عز وجل:
"And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, (up to) until they deliver (their burdens)..." (V.65:4)
Al-Hasan bin Salih said, "I saw a neighbourness of mine who became a grandmother at the age of twenty-one."
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهْوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَلَمْ يُجِزْنِي، ثُمَّ عَرَضَنِي يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَش…
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (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…