Did Muhammad marry A’isha when she was only six years old? Contemporary critics have repeatedly claimed that Prophet Muhammad married A’isha when she was not of age. Facts indicate that A’isha was no younger than 12-13 at the time of her willing marriage with parental consent. We invite the reader to consider several factors before formulating a final opinion. Before we delve into Islamic history, consider that the age deemed “acceptable” for marriage is not an objective standard across time, culture, and religion—but a subjective standard based on social construct. For example, the Catholic Encyclopaedia reports regarding Mary, mother of Jesus: … the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age. Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old, went up to Jerusalem among the candidates; a miracle manifested the choice of God had made of Joseph, and two years later the Annunciation took place.[1] - See more at: muhammadfactcheck.org/muhammadfactcheck/prophet-muhammad-sa-married-ayesha-ra-when-she-was-underage/#sthash.dRtRrKFs.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:33:11 +0000
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