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Subject: Aisha (RA) was 9, not 19
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taimiyah 20.10.10 - 05:34am
The question of Holy Prophets (PBUH) marriage with Aisha(RA) is the one hurled against Muslims in almost every discussion. And it takes much time for people to understand the whole issue only because they fail to understand historical things in their right perspective considering the situation in those particular times. Agreed that a Prophets deeds should be above any question in all times and this is true indeed, but there are certain things in which change is inevitable subject to valid reasons and Holy Prophets (PBUH) marriage with Aisha(RA) is one such case. One who fails to understand the times and all the factors related to issue in hand can never understand the happenings through the history. *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 05:38am
*~@Islamic Law regarding age of Marriage@~* *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 05:45am
In Islam there is no fixed age of marriage, whenever a person reaches the age of rty he or she is fit for marriage. Nikah, the marital contract, may be made earlier but consummation of marriage can take place only after rty is attained.
The age of maturity through the ages and over the regions:
The wisdom behind Islam not fixing an age is evident, different people reach the age of rty at different times. And the general trend also varies over the time and across the regions with variant climate conditions. For instance, people living in regions of low altitudes attain rty earlier then those in high altitudes regions. Similarly people in warm climates attain rty earlier then those in cold climates. Now keeping all this in mind consider that when Holy Prophet (PBUH) married Aisha(RA) while she was nine it was some 1400 years back and it happened in Arabia, a region with relatively lower altitude and hot climate as one of its most salient features.
leaving all the history aside, even now rty at nine is no wonderful a phenomenon experts now suggest.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/111/1/47 *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 05:53am
that age 7 (even 6 for some races) and not 8 should be considered precocious (i.e. early) for rty among girls. Below is a reference that a nine year old Thai girl even became a mother.
Aisha(RA) was fit for the marriage, considering the rty factor and physical bearing:
It is rather erroneous to say that Aisha (RA) was a child bride. She was a grown up girl.
Aisha(RA) herself narrates: Holy Prophet (PBUH) married her when she was six years old and consummated the marriage when she was nine years old(Bukhari, Hadith 4738)
Having known this, let me draw your attention to another saying of Aisha(RA) which Al-Tirmidhi has narrated under a Hadith in his collections Book of Marriage, Chapter 18. It goes as: Aisha(RA) said: When a girl is nine years old, she is a woman (meaning, she has attained rty).(Tirmidhi, Hadith 1109) *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 05:58am
Moreover, through certain narrations we come to know of the fact she was going through her rty. Modern science testifies that rty causes hair loss and this is exactly what we read in a Hadith:
Narratted Aisha (RA): The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj then
I got ill and my hair fell down
(Bukhari Hadith 3605)
So this makes it absolutely clear that Aishas(RA) marriage was consummated at an age, she herself says was that of rty. The general tone of her statement also conveys that it was normal in those times and in that environment.
It also needs to be mentioned that even before the Holy Prophet (PBUH), she was engaged with Jubair bin Mutam whose parents dissolved the engagement when her family embraced Islam.
All these details kill the argument that Holy Prophet (PBUH) had intimate marital relations with a child, for in that particular sense she was no more a child and she herself testifies that being a nine year old she was a woman then having attained rty. *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:03am
Moreover, she was quite healthy and fit. She herself says: My mother intended to make me fat to send me to the (house of) the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). But nothing which he desired benefited me till she gave me cucumber with fresh dates to eat. Then I became fat as good (as she desired). (Abu Dawud, Hadith 3903.) *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:04am
*~@About Aisha(RA) playing with dolls etc:@~* *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:07am
Another issue concerning this marriage is the fact of Aisha(RA) playing with dolls and other toys. The question raised is that playing with toys is an innocent child act, and it proves that she was a child when she was married to the Holy Prophet (PBUH). This much is true but the point missed is that Holy Prophet (PBUH) did have an understanding of this fact and he did not expect or force her to behave like his other wives e.g. like aged Sayyidah Sawda (RA). Infact we find that Holy Prophet (PBUH) gave her ample chances to fulfill her desire of playing with her friends and made her feel comfortable.
Aisha(RA) narrates: I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (Bukhari, Hadith 5665) *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:12am
Aisha(RA) reported: By Allah, I remember the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) standing on the door of my apartment screening me with his mantle enabling me to see the sport of the Abyssinians as they played with their daggers in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). He (the Holy Prophet) kept standing for my sake till I was satiated and then I went back; and thus you can well imagine how long a girl tender of age who is fond of sports (could have watched it).(Muslim, Hadith 1481)
These two narrations show that Holy Prophet (PBUH) did care for the natural urge of his young wife for amu t. And this is also a proof that her marriage at the age of nine did not bar her from the enjoyment craved for at that age.
Holy Prophet (PBUH) consummated the marriage with Aisha(RA) when she was nine as she had attained rty and, as she herself said that at nine a girl is rather a woman, but he did not burden her with tough responsibilities of a wife and provided her ample opportunities to enjoy her age.
This infact shows the wisdom of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) that he did present a role model for all the people to come to care for all the needs of a wife. She married women of all age groups, elder to him like Khadija (RA), of his own age like Sauda (RA), younger but mature of age like Zainab (RA) and much younger like Aisha (RA). *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:16am
*~@Sayyidah Aishas marriage and consent issue:@~*
Next comes the issue of her consent. Hernikah, the marital contract, was made when she was six but the marriage was consummated when she was nine. Now had she showed her displeasure about this marriage when she was nine, and thus a woman according to her own testimony, then marriage would haven been null and void, but it never turned up like that. She did not show any such notion and similarly never in her later life did she ever give any such impression. She rather always showed her love for the Holy Prophet (PBUH). *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:22am
*~@Wisdom behind this marriage:@~*
We know that Aisha (RA) was considered the most learned among the all the Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). The following testifies to this.
Abu Musa al-Ashari says: Never had we (the companions) any difficulty for the solution of which we approached Aisha and did not get some useful information from her.(Tirmidhi, Hadith 3883.)
She narrated some 2210 Ahadith from the Prophet (PBUH) and this was possible only because she lived with him for nine years and that too at a young age when people have a sharp memory and great sense of observation. Then she lived for about 46 years after the death of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and continued to teach the people matters of religion especially those related to household affairs and marital life. No other wife of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) did the similar job that may be compared with her blessed endeavors. This shows the Divine Wisdom for it was not the Prophet himself but Allah that ordained this marriage.
She herself reports;
Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to me, You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was you.(Bukhari, Hadith 6495)
Thus do Allahs plans work in a marvelous way! *
taimiyah 20.10.10 - 06:23am
INDEED ALLAH KNOWS THE BEST! *
arab_grl 20.10.10 - 01:26pm
yeeeea!
mashaallah!!! niCe! *
kekasih 21.10.10 - 07:02am
thats ur choice...u choose to believe hadiths over Quran...while i wont take those hadiths cuz its against Quran. theres not one verse in The Holy Quran that allowes u to marry a child.... *
kekasih 21.10.10 - 07:06am
wake up 6years old is a child...those hadiths are DEFINATELY fakes/corrupted. believe what u want, but by believing these hadiths as sahih, ure slander the Holy Prophet SAW BIG TIME... *
taimiyah 21.10.10 - 05:08pm very good,, hadith is corrupted.? Wow. . . .very great think. @ kekasih *
taimiyah 21.10.10 - 05:09pm
Lakum deenukum wal ya deen. . . . 
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kekasih 22.10.10 - 08:01am
my Deen is with The Quran n not with the scholars who goes against the Quran. since ur show santa is ur deen, then its correct, ur deen n my deen is definately different. i worship ONLY Allah SWT n Muahammad SAW is Rasoolullah. i HOLD Quran n Ahlul Bayt. not santa. :) *
