It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Mulaykah that he sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asking about the testimony of children. He said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: "such witnesses as you are satisfied with" [Surah al-Baqarah: 282] , and children are not among those with whom we are satisfied as witnesses. The narrator said: I sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) asking the same question, and he said: It is quite likely that if these children are asked (immediately after the matter), they will speak the truth. The narrator said: I saw that judgment was given only in accordance with what Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) had said. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.