We received this question from one of our web site visitors. It
has been repeated enough to post it as one of our articles.
In the name of God, the most gracious and the most
merciful.
Greetings,
For the sake of information only, I would like to ask you to kindly provide
me with information on the prophet Muhammad's marriage with Aisha.
I have
heard that the holy prophet married her when she was six, and consummated
the marriage when she was nine (nine!). How true, and sensible is
this?
Secondly, where in Quran is the age for marriage for girls (and/or boys)
mentioned? Quran is complete. Thus it must contain everything.
Thank you for your help.
All the guidance is from GOD.
Salaamun Alaykum
<< For the sake of information only,
I would like to ask you to kindly provide
me with information on the prophet Muhammad's marriage with Aisha.
I have
heard that the holy prophet married her when she was six, and consummated
the marriage when she was nine (nine!). How true, and sensible is
this?>>
The source of the above information can only be the Hadiths books
which are nothing but lies attributed to prophet Muhammad. It has no support
in Quran. It does not make practical sense. Any person at the age of six
is still a child who is incapable of taking crucial decisions which are essential
for marriage under Quranic guidance, like taking solemn pledge, ascertaining
mutual attraction, agreeing to the dowry (including adjustment thereto),
ascertaining whether the opposite person is an idol worshipper or not
and many other issues. Further, marriage involves taking serious responsibilities
on the part of both the spouses concerning the upbringing of the family,
which a child of the age of 6 or 8 or whatever is incapable of taking.
God commanded us in the Quran not to accept any Hadith but the Quran.
The prophet Muhammed himself ordered his followers not to write any
hadiths and to write only the Quran. You will find a rich
source of information regarding the corruption of Hadith books and
how they insult the prophet Muhammed, insult God Almighty and insult
this great religion on our web site at;
http://www.submission.org/hadith/
All the stories circulating on the Internet and in the hadiths books
about Aisha's marriage at age of 6 or 9, are no more than
lies found in the corrupted books of Hadiths and completely
contradict the teachings of the prophet Muhammed that came from his
mouth, the Glorious Quran. We only need to read the Quran to know how
false these stories are.
<<Secondly, where in Quran is the age for
marriage for girls (and/or boys)
mentioned? Quran is complete. Thus it must contain
everything.>>
Yes, God says His scripture - Quran the final testament is perfect
(18:2), fully detailed, complete in truth and justice (6:114-115),
containing the explanations for everything (16:89), and in which every matter
of wisdom is clarified (44:4). Please see
http://www.submission.org/quran/every.html
.
All information relevant to our salvation and our eternal life in the
Hereafter is contained in the Quran. The true believers accept, without
hesitation, God's assertion: ``We did not leave anything out of this book.''
Therefore if
something cannot be
found in the Quran, it is only because God knows it is not directly
related to our salvation per se It is left out because God out of His
mercy left it to us to decide for ourselves how to do it in a manner
most pleasing to God and to our community, since we will be living
in different communities with different customs and traditions. We should
not by any mean or at any price violate God's laws to please our community
or our families. God always has to be FIRST.
Some people challenge God's assertion that the Quran is
complete, perfect and fully detailed, and they ask questions such as: "But
the Quran doesn't say how to cut my nails, or how to sleep, or how to do
this and that? I need to know how to do this." The reason why these
matters are not mentioned in the Quran, is because they have no importance
whatsoever for our salvation, and has absolutely nothing to do with our religion.
God clearly says in 5:6 that He made the religion easy
for us. Unfortunately there are so many out there, who are doing their very
best to make it difficult.
Coming to your question "where in Quran is the age for
marriage for girls (and/or boys) mentioned?", it is not mentioned by
numbers in the Quran, but God establishes big clear standards that indicate
that marriage can happen when maturity was achieved. As
we all know maturity varies from one continent to another, from the
hot countries to the cold ones, from one sex to another, and from one
civilization to another. God knows that and he deliberately and out of His
mercy, did not put an age rule for us. He left it for every community
to decide while following the general rules of maturity supplied in
the Quran.
As we said before marriage means taking crucial decisions which are
essential for a long marital life as per Quran, like taking
solemn pledge, ascertaining mutual attraction, agreeing to the dowry (including
adjustment thereto), ascertaining whether the opposite person is an idol
worshipper or not and many other issues. Further, marriage involves
taking serious responsibilities on the part of both the spouses concerning
the upbringing of the family, which needs a degree of maturity that can best
be judged by the people closer to the individual getting married.
As stated above, with regard to things not specified in
the Quran, it does not make any difference to
do what one wishes to do as long as the law/s decreed for
us in the Quran is/are not violated.
Please
visit
http://www.submission.org/women/marriage.html
and
http://www.submission.org/women/marriage-q.html for details regarding marriage
per Quran. What would be blasphemous and incorrect would be to
falsely attribute ones wish / choice to God. In other words, if one
prefers XYZ and then claims that God's law is XYZ ,then that would amount
to attributing lies to God which is strongly condemned in
Quran.
[6:21]Who is more evil than one who lies about GOD, or rejects His revelations?
The transgressors never succeed.
[29:68]
Who is more evil than one who fabricates lies and attributes them to GOD,
or rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is Hell not a just retribution
for the disbelievers?
I hope the above is helpful, Insha
Allah.
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