Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that on the day of the Battle of Uhud, I was presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to participate in jihad. At that time, I was fourteen years old. I was considered too young and was sent back. Then, on the day of the Battle of Khandaq, I was presented again. At that time, I was fifteen years old, so I was granted permission. Hazrat Nafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz was the caliph, I narrated this tradition to him. He said: Indeed, this is a boundary between minor and adult. Then he wrote to his governors: Whoever is fifteen years old should be appointed for jihad, and whoever is younger than that should be assigned to family duties.

Hazrat Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of the Battle of Qurayzah, we were presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Whoever had grown pubic hair was killed, and whoever had not grown pubic hair was not killed. Since I had not grown pubic hair, I was also not killed.

Hazrat Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I and Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Battle of Badr; we were considered too young, then we participated in the Battle of Uhud.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was gifted a white mule. I said, "If we wished, we could have done the same (i.e., produced a white mule)." He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "How?" We replied, "By mating a donkey with an Arabian horse, such offspring are produced." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Such an act is done by one who is ignorant."

It is also narrated in a similar manner from Hazrat Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote to us, and his letter was read out to us. In it was written that whoever mates a donkey with an Arabian horse, deduct ten dinars from his grant (gift and stipend).

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mating a donkey with a horse.

It is also narrated in a similar manner from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Dihyah al-Kalbi (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Should we not mate a donkey with a horse so that a mule is produced on which we may ride?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is done by one who is ignorant."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out an expedition and appointed an Ansari as their leader, and instructed the people to obey him and follow his commands. The leader became angry with the army over some matter, and ordered them to gather firewood. They collected firewood for him. He then ordered them to light a fire, and they lit it. He asked them, "Were you not commanded to listen to me and obey me?" They replied, "Of course." The leader then ordered, "Then enter the fire." The narrator says that some of them looked at each other and said, "Indeed, we should flee from the fire to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." The narrator says that while they were in this state, the leader's anger subsided and the fire was extinguished. He says that when we returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we mentioned this incident to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you had entered that fire, you would never have come out of it. Obedience to the leader is only in goodness."