* MARRIAGE OF AISHA @ 9 * . This is so STRANGE why ?. . I checked one page on Facebook our brothers/sisters where busy in argument with Christians about the age of our Mother Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and many of us can’t defend our selves on this issue but let me make it clear. . -while the disbelievers were busy calling HIM(Prophet peace be upon him) a pedophile. . -the muslims were busy faulting sahih bukhari so as to “cover up” the issue. . -the aged were like: that’s extremism. . Aisha radiAllahu anha said, I was given in marriage to the rasul salallahu alayhi wassalam when I was 6yrs old, and he consummated the marriage when I was 9 ( bukhari) . Rather than call it a da’eef hadith, to please ur non-muslim friends who are insulting ur prophet, just be silent, or ask the scholars and read more about seerah (history) and perhaps Allah may grant u d hikmah behind it. . Have u ever asked urself? Why is it that during the days of quraysh (pagans of Makka), they called the rasul: Magician, madman, and the likes but NEVER called him a pedophile? They never raised any question about his marriage to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), why? Bcoz it was NORMAL at that time, girls at dat age were suitable for marriage at dat time, did u know: . -saint augustine (350AD) married a 10 year old girl! . -king richard 11 (1400AD) he married a 7yr old girl. . -henry Viii (1500AD) he married a 5yrs old girl. . According to the catholic encyclopedia, mary the mother of Jesus was 12 when she married the 99 years old joseph. Before 1929, church of england ministers could marry 12yrs old girls in britain. . Up till 1983, catholic canon laws permitted priests to marry off brides at the age of 12. . In the united states, back in 1880, in the state of delaware, the minimum age for marriage was 7yrs and in california it was 10. . So Aisha radiAllahu anha was NOT a child when she was married! . We live in a society where good is condemned at every slight opportunity but evil is encouraged even when its flaws are crystal clear. . How strange The Nigerian constitution says: An 18yrs old can vote An 18yrs old can go to jail An 18yrs old can leave alone An 18yrs old can travel outside d country all alone. . And YET, an 18yrs old can’t marry? But our 12yrs old Girls are having boyfriends ! . Did u know?. . When safiyyah bint huyay was married to the prophet, she was just 17yrs old? And that was her THIRD marriage She was initially married to salam ibn abi haqiq and later to kinanah ibn abi haqiq!. . Imagine how old she was during her first marriage? . Are u clarified now? those still doubtful, Go back to ur village and ask ur grandmother how old she was when she got married!. *Islam is perfect and I’m proud to b Muslim*
