I shall a woman of substance sharp intelligent and white I shall the youngest and the most
beloved wife of the Prophet peace be upon him Aisha the mother of the believers
she taught the flag bearers of Islam gave religious rulings as well as religious advice
as uber said about Aisha I never saw anyone more knowledgeable of the Quran Islamic law poetry out
of history and lineages than I shall of their love Anna such was her status and honor in the
Muslim world but she was married when she was just nine years old how can a person be married
at nine was I shall really married at the age of nine or was it 12 18 or 22 obviously they
didn't have marriage certificates in those days so how do we know a thorough research on this topic
from the most authentic canonical books of hadith makes it evident that I shall has self-reported
that her husband Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him consumed mated his marriage with her at the
age of nine years that's still too young it's vulgar it's unethical and in modern how can a
prophet of God marry someone that young what we first have to understand and realize is that this
question is emanating from a particular mind coming from a particular culture a particular
time and a particular place the worst enemies of the Prophet peace be upon him who smeared
him with everything imaginable they called him a madman a magician a soothsayer an impostor
and so much more but they couldn't think of his marriage with Aisha as a flaw why it is because
culture and practices vary from place to place and from time to time this was their tradition
and it was not an anomaly to marry someone that young not just in Arabia but all over
the world the reality is that a thousand years ago people were marrying at younger ages let's
have a look at the historical data that we have roman law required bride to be at least 12 years
old st. Augustine married a 10 year old girl king richard ii in 1396 married a 7 year old further up
in time in 1791 the Napoleonic Code said the age of consent at 11 in the United States in
the state of Delaware in 1880 the minimum age for marriage was 7 years old and in California it was
10 before 1929 the Church of England could marry off twelve-year-old girls in Britain and this is
not even 1,400 years ago it was a practice of the Arabs to marry off their daughters at a young age
that is as soon as they reached puberty a sharp eye I said in Yemen I saw many girls aged 9 who
had reached puberty why are we looking at the tradition from a postmodern length shouldn't
we put things in the proper perspective the reality is that a thousand years ago people
matured faster both physically and emotionally a nine-year-old of today is not the same as a nine
year old fourteen hundred years ago some 500 years ago muhammad al-fatih at age twenty one
conquered Constantinople whereas the 21 year olds in our time are busy playing video games rather
it is unethical and immoral to demonize a certain culture from a certain time period just because it
does not fit with our postmodern understanding the marriage of Aisha and Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him was infused with compassion and untold moments of romance he loved her immensely and
never shied away from declaring it publicly he would drink from the side of the glass her lips
had touched he would eat from the same spot she ate from if she was a victim of a gruesome act
for nine years wouldn't she be dysfunctional disoriented and mentally scarred would she
have been able to read the volumes of Hadees that she did would she have been able to teach
the scores of students under her and most of all would she defend her husband the beloved Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him with such severity when his enemies cursed him today this is a
marriage which many choose to slander an abject but have you acquainted yourself with the truth
you