Islam puts the age of the woman for marriage at puberty and above and as a general rule for all
people in all time in all places at puberty and above however that doesn't mean she should marry
as soon as she becomes an adult we should also marry at an age which is suitable for her her
maturity and is suitable for her lifestyle and is suitable for her society Islam gives you a general
rule which says the only thing Islam cares about if she should be an adult so from a science point
of view from 15 years old or whatever it is it can be younger any up until whatever yeah this
is Islam's limit in terms of a basic principle on top of that you have to obey the law of the
land so Islam may say she's become an adult at 14 she can marry the law may say she can't marry
till she's 16 so we also then have to add to that the law are being the law in this regard
that if aslam allows her to marry at 14 but she is by law of the country only allowed to marry
at 16 so then she has to wait until then but even then it doesn't matter at 16 she should marry she
should marry at an age when she is mature enough to take that responsibility and the age that is
good for her in terms of her religion and in terms of her society and we should not be delaying our
daughter's marriages until they are 30 40 45 which has become the norm now under custom
this is a very evil practice which prohibits them from a lot of good rather you know I don't want
to set an age because every family and every culture is different I don't want to say to
you 20 or 18 or 22 because at the end of the day everybody's family is different and every girl
knows herself in terms of her maturity in terms of her family in terms of her knee and so on and
so forth everybody knows themselves so there's no one age that is one-size-fits-all Islam says
it must be after puberty it must be when she is an adult other than that Islam doesn't give any
other rules the rest is down to your understanding of what is good for her her society what is good
for her level of maturity some girls at 17 18 are very very mature some girls at 21 22 are
not mature enough so at the end of the day but we should not be delaying this like parents do
and say you know after your degree after your doctorate after after after and then she's not
oh she's not young enough you know she's too old to enjoy her married life properly to bear many
children to you know grow up with her husband together and you know many then she's sometimes
struggled to get married she's you know 30 35 40 struggling to get married and this is not
befitting rather it should be in an age that is good for her religion and is good for her
her you know her her psychology her her mental approach and her maturity and his land simply
says that it must be above the age of puberty so and of course in in accordance with the law
whatever the law may be if it is 18 or 16 as you as as usual in these days in the UK it's
16 with parents permission and 18 without so for Muslims effectively that's 16 because you always
have your parents permission so at the end of the day Islam doesn't give a fixed age because
every individual is different but we shouldn't be delaying it more than you know more than normal