I really want to let go the Child Marriage Issue, but pontification is disabling me. I think Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs headed by His Eminence Sultan of Sokoto Abubarkr, Council of Ulama (North) and all stake holders need to converge for a brainstorming session to open the door of Ijitihad on this Child Marriage. It does not form the Usool, hence we are free to legislate for public good in the face of surfacing marital abuses, educational dis-empowerment, high rate of divorces. Maryam Uwais has not let it go, enjoy: _________________________________________________ Ahmed Sani, a girl’s ‘full age’ and-marriage (III) - Maryam Uwais, Where a practice is determined to be merely permissible and not mandatory, it is considered practicable and entirely feasible within Islamic jurisprudence, to discourage or prohibit it, where it is found to be so harmful to individuals and to the community. Countries such as Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Somalia and Bangladesh, with majority or high Muslim populations have set a minimum age for marriage as 18, in the acknowledgment that there are serious social, physical and mental health risks associated with child marriages. This progressive step became necessary, in that these indisputable facts placed a heavy burden on the accountable and God-fearing leadership in majority Muslim countries, to protect the vulnerable in their midst. More... dailytrust.info/index.php/opinion/1677-ahmed-sani-a-girl-s-full-age-and-marriage-iii
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:14:00 +0000
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