DESTROYING
AISHA MARRIAGE TO PROPHET MOHAMMED (S.A.W) THEORY SPREAD AROUND AGAINST ISLAMIC
RELIGION
NOTE: I WAS TALKING WITH A NON-MUSLIM ABOUT THIS
ISSUE AND HE GAVE ME A LOT OF WRONG INFORMATION NON-MUSLIM PEDDLE AROUND
ACCUSING OUR BELOVED PROPHET MOHAMED (S.A.W) AS A PEDOPHILE – SAYING HE MARRIED
AISHA (R.A) AT 9 YEARS OLD. THIS SHOCKED
ME BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING ISSUES ABOUT AISHA’S MARRIAGE IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT
AND THAT IS WHY WE HAD TO CLEAR THE AIR ABOUT AISHA’S MARRIAGE TO THE PROPHET
MUHAMMAD (S.A.W).
Many people are trying to Abuse our
Prophet Mohamed's Marriage to Aisha (R.A).....In Fact, The Guardian Newspaper
of the UK just released a Research article to clear out any Wrongdoings from
that marriage ( Read https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2012/sep/17/muhammad-aisha-truth)
Before we go Further, Do You Know?
The Age of Consent to MARRYING A GIRL of
Most European and American Countries was at the minmium 7+ just as recent as 1900's....(Within this
20th Century)...While NON-MUSLIMS are talking about the 7th Century Prophet
Mohamed Marriage to AISHA (R.A).....In fact, until the mid 1800s, the legal age
of consent in Delaware was 7 Years (Kling, 1965: 216). In Christian Ethiopia, recently as close as 6 years ago, girls are given for marriage at 7 years. Watch the BBC Ethiopian Child Marriage on YouTube. So a 50 year old man
could legally have sexual intercourse with a 7 year old girl.”....Read
here for some light on that.....https://discover-the-truth.com/2013/09/09/age-of-consent-in-european-american-history/
Before we look at this Issue from his marriage,
You may as well click here to read another article on that context here…
IN HISTORY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SOME
REFERENCES, WE DON'T HAVE A CONFIRMED AGE OF AISHA R.A AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE,
SO THIS ARTICLE IS NOT CONFIRMING THAT HER AGE WAS 9, UNTIL RELIABLE SOURCES,
WHICH ARE NOT CONTESTED COME UP.
THIS ARTICLE IS SHOWING THAT EVEN IF SHE
WAS 9 :
1. Was this Marriage wrong
before 1400 years?
2. Did Muhammad S.A.W marry her
due to lust?
3. Was this marriage wrong
according to society and environment?
4. Was this marriage done
before her puberty?
Answer is NO.
For those saying Prophet Mohamed was a
pedophile...What is the meaning of a Peodophile...
Pedophilia or paedophilia is a
psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a
primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Pedophilia is
termed pedophilic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-5), and the manual defines it as a paraphilia involving intense
and recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about prepubescent children
that have either been acted upon or which cause the person with the attraction
distress or interpersonal difficulty.[1] The International Classification of
Diseases (ICD-10) defines it as a sexual preference for children of prepubertal
or early pubertal age.
Although girls typically begin the
process of puberty at age 10 or 11, and boys at age 11 or 12, criteria for paedophilia
extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13. A person who is diagnosed
with paedophilia must be at least 16 years old, but adolescents must be at
least five years older than the prepubescent child for the attraction to be
diagnosed as pedophilia.
In popular usage, the word paedophilia is
often applied to any sexual interest in children or the act of child sexual
abuse
But because we need to discuss this issue
of AISHA'S marriage to Our Prophet Mohamed Further, And to prove that, Prophet
Mohamed was not a Pedophile as some Non-Muslims claim, Please understand the
Following before we delve further into the Main Picture....
1. That, Khadija, R.A was the
First Wife of Prophet Mohamed (S.A.W) and was a Widow of 2 other men, was Older
than the Prophet by 15 Years, Prophet Mohamed was just 25years at that time.
2. That AISHA, R.A was not
Prophet Mohamed's First Wife
3. That, Prophet Mohamed
(S.A.W) didn't marry another Woman and was Faithful to Khadija until her death.
4. That, Sayyidah Aisha (RA) Father,
Abu Bakr, R.A and her Mum were present during her marriage to Prophet Mohamed
(S.A.W). Sayyidina Abu Bakr, R.A was Prophet Mohamed Best Friend.
5. That, It ought also be noted
that Sayyidah Aisha ( RA) was engaged to Jubayr son of Mut’im before Prophet Muhammad
(Peace be upon him). This indicates the age of marriage and engagement in
Prophet’s time. However, the engagement was later nullified by Jubayr’s parents
due to Abu Bakr (RA) embracing Islam.
6. That, Both AISHA parents
were happy with the Marriage proposal to the Prophet. Nobody has made a
Complain...
7. That, Many Arab and Jews
Culture at that time were similar in nature. Many Girls were Married at almost
that age and Since there wasn't so much follow up with Calendars and Birthdays,
The Age were not seriously followed.
Jews, also did their marriages similar
like that, See, How old was Mary (p)?.....“How old could Mary have been? Young
girls were usually betrothed as soon as they became women. It was believed they
reached puberty at about twelve or twelve and a half.” (Deiss, L. (1996).
Joseph, Mary, Jesus (Madeleine Beaumont, trans.). Collegeville, Minnesota: The
Liturgical Press. p. 25)
This is the Website.....http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.co.ke/2013/07/jewish-and-christian-ages-of-consent.html
This is the List of Prophet Mohamed's
Wives
STATISTICS FROM THE ABOVE TABLE:
·
Percentage of his wives who were
17years and older = 91 %
·
Percentage of his wives who were
widows = 75%
Commentary: The statistics show that the
prophet’s marriage to Aisha at her young age was an exception and not a norm of
his other marriages. Furthermore ‘a paedophile’s main mode of sexual
satisfaction is with prepubescent girls’, which is contradictory to the 91% of
prophet’s marriage to women 17 years and over.
An unbiased examination of Prophet’s life
and his marriages to his wives blatantly rejects the notion of his lifestyle
fitting that of a paedophile. All his brides were aged widows (except Aisha and
Mariam).
Moreover, according to the criteria in
the references cited above in ‘Synopsis of Psychiatry’, a vast majority of
pedophiles possess a history of exhibitionism, voyeurism, or rape.
Again, there is no single
reference from either religious or secular sources that the noble Prophet ever
indulged in such sadistic behaviour (God forbid).
This truth is observed and accepted by
both Muslims and unbiased non-Muslims scholars.
“It is impossible for anyone
who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows
how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty
Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put
to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel
whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for
that mighty Arabian teacher.” – Annie Besant, THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF
MUHAMMAD, Madras, 1932, p. 4.
NOW, THE MAIN STORY ABOUT AISHA'S
MARRIAGE IN ISLAM & THE MISCONCEPTION OF THAT MARRIAGE
Why Did Prophet Mohamed Marry AISHA in
the First Place?
1-It was not out of his physical desires:
The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) did
not marry Sayyidah Aisha out of his physical desires. One need to note that for
first 54 years of his life he had only one wife. His only wife till 50th year
of his life was Sayyida Khadija. He spent his entire youth with her and she was
a two time widowed woman, 15 years elder to him. For next four years his only
wife was Sayyidah Sa’uda.
2-Muslims never concealed it:
Had there been any bad thinking regarding
this marriage in minds of the people at that time. Muslims would have tried
there best to conceal at that time. But they didn’t.
3- Aisha’s Engagement with Jubair bin
Mutim:
It ought also be noted that Sayyidah
Aisha ( RA) was engaged to Jubayr son of Mut’im before Prophet Muhammed (Peace
be upon him. This indicates the age of marriage and engagement in Prophet’s
time. However, the engagement was later nullified by Jubayr’s parents due to Abu
Bakr (RA) embracing Islam.Doesn’t this indicate there was nothing bad in
marrying a 9 year girl at that time? She must have been even younger when she
was engaged to Jubair
4- Her Own parents never objected:
Sayyidah Aisha’s mother and Dad, Abu-Bakr
and the Muslim women back then were O.K with her marriage. Who Loves his
Daughter than Abu-Bakr. He was there and was OK with it. How are we to judge
now. It was part of the Arab custom and still is in many of the Muslim and
non-Muslim countries today for girls to marry at a very young age. When a
girl’s body starts showing up (her breasts and her height and physical size),
then she would be ready for marriage. The only reason why Sayyidah Aisha’s
father, Abu Baker Al Sidique, broke her engagement with Jubayr is because he
was a non-Muslim.
Later, a woman named Kholeah Bint Hakeem
suggested for Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him to marry Sayyidah Aisha,
because the Prophet and Abu Baker became best friends. Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him) engaged Sayyidah Aisha for 3 years before he married her.
5 - It was a divine inspiration for our
Prophet:
Before describing the rationale behind
this married relation, let it be known that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him) married Sayyida Aisha not of his own desire rather it was a Divine
inspiration. Read the following Hadith;
Narrated ‘Aisha: That the
Prophet said to her, “You have been shown to me twice in my dream. I saw you
pictured on a piece of silk and some-one said (to me). ‘This is your wife.’
When I uncovered the picture, I saw that it was yours. I said, ‘If this is from
Allah, it will be done.” {Bukhari:: Volume 5 :: Book 58 :: Hadith 235}
6- The Pagans of the Prophet’s time:
The fact that it was a completely
acceptable thing can also be seen from the response of the pagans at that time.
No Muslim or even pagan objected to the marriage because it was widely
practiced. And even until today in 3rd world countries (Muslims and
non-Muslims), little girls as young as 9 or 10 do get married. Anyway, the
reason no one objected was to the Prophet’s marriage was:1-People used to have
very short life-spans in Arabia. They used to live between 40 to 60 years
maximum. So it was only normal and natural for girls to be married off at ages
9 or 10 or similar.2-Marriage for young girls was widely practiced among Arabs
back then, and even today in many non-Muslim and Muslim countries
7- Age of Marriage in Old Ages:
One must first understand that 1400 years
ago was very different than now, times have changed and so have humans. 1400
years ago it was something very common to marry young girls, in fact they were
not considered young girls, and rather they were considered young women back
then. It is a historic fact that girls from the ages of 9 to 14 were being
married in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in fact even in the United States girls at
the age of 10 were also being married just more than a century ago.
Yet with these facts no historian claims
that all these people were sick perverts, historians would call anyone who made
such a claim to be arrogant and very stupid who has no grasp or understanding
of history.
Even in Indo-Pak Sub-Continent girls used
to be married at 12-13 even 50-60 years ago. And those ‘girls’ infact raised
much better families. There were less family problems then. A simple analyses
of the divorce rate then and know would certainly make it clear that maturity
level earlier used to be different i.e. people used to come of age rather
quickly.
8-Child Brides in Byzantine Empire:
Visit this link to see how common the
child brides in the Byzantine Empire were. This article clearly states;”Child
brides, whether Byzantines or foreign princesses, were the norm rather than the
exception, especially from the late twelfth century”.
9-Sayyidah Aisha was fit for marriage:
Furthermore as to the Holy Prophet’s
marriage with Sayyidah Aisha, something people will notice is that the
completion of the marriage was done when Sayyidah Aisha was 9 years old, not
when she was 6, and there is a reason for that. The reason why this happened is
because Sayyidah Aisha had been through puberty by the age of 9, and in Islam a
female who under-goes puberty is considered a lady and is fit for marriage.
If we read the hadiths, we find that
right before Sayyidah Aisha got married off to the Holy Prophet that she was
sick and not feeling too well:
Narrated Sayyidah Aisha:
The Prophet engaged me when I
was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of
Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my
hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a
swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not
knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me
stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became
all right, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she
took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said,
“Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to
them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came
to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I
was a girl of nine years of age.” {Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234}
So as we can see, Sayyidah Aisha got ill
and her body was going through some changes, indicating that she was going
through her puberty.
10-Sayyida Aisha never showed her
displeasure:
Another striking thing to observe is that
among hundreds of her narrations there is not even a single one showing her
displeasure about this marriage. Hence, she had no problem with this relation.
Infect it is manifest from several traditions that she loved the Holy Prophet
(Peace be upon him) too much and even felt some sort of jealousy when she found
others around him. Does this not prove that she was extremely happy about this
marriage? So, when she herself had no problem at all then what’s the matter of
concern for others?
11 -A 9-year old Thai girl gave birth:
A 9 old girl can become a mother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_birth_mothers
In our world today, we still have people
who marry very young girls. Why should we object to someone who married a
9-year old girl 1400 years ago, when we still practice it today? The girl above
even gave birth at the age of 9!
12- A 10 Year old Kenyan Girl gave birth
as recent as 2015. See this
article, http://demokrasia-kenya.blogspot.co.ke/2005/06/dont-agonize-over-gladys-organize-for.html
and also
13- It was absolutely legal:
Prophet Muhammad’s marriage with Aisha
was 100% legal and acceptable by all laws and Divine Religions. It is important
to know that girls during the Biblical and Islamic days used to be married off
at young ages when they either had their first periods, or their breasts start
showing off. In other words, when they turn into “women”, then they get married
off. It was quite different for men on the other hand, because physical power and
the ability of living an independent life had always been and will always be a
mandatory requirement for men to have in life. So men waited much longer than
women in terms of getting married. The guy had to develop both his body and
mind before he was ready for marriage.
That is why you see girls as young as 9 or 10
were married to men as old as 30 or even older. The culture back then and in
many of the world countries today (NON-MUSLIM ONES TOO) is quite different than
what you live in today and there is no divine law which is broken in marrying a
girl of nine at any costs.
14-Refuting unjust Pagan views:
There were many baseless traditions in
practice among the Arabs in those days. So Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
was usually ordered by the Almighty ALLAH to refute such traditions through
personal examples. Similar is the case of Prophet Muhammad’s marriage with Umm
al Momineen Aisha (R.A.)
·
For a bad omen, Arab considered Shawwal a month
prohibited for marriage. Sayyidah A’isha’s betrothal and departure from her
parent’s house took place in Shawwal. This changed the ridiculous custom.
·
Another bad custom was that the Arabs did not
give the hands of their daughters to those who they “called” their brothers
(though were not actual brothers). This was the objection raised by Abu Bakr
himself, when the Prophet (peace be upon him) made the proposal. The Prophet
(Peace be upon him) then told him that a brother in faith was not an actual
blood brother to be placed in the prohibited category.
15-Great Wisdom behind this marriage:
Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) marriage
with Sayyidah Aisha at that age was indeed a great blessings for all the
Muslims ever since. Most of the matters related to cleanliness, married
relationship and other household issues have been cleared due to her
narrations. She lived a long time after the death of the Holy Prophet (peace be
upon him) and continued to teach the Ummah about matters of daily routine and
great importance.
16- And What was Sayyidah Aisha famous
for ??
Well what was her speciality? I ask the
critics.
·
Was it beauty?
·
Was it wealth?
No, it was religion!Thus proving the
DIVINE LOGIC.
Arwa Bin Zubair says, “I did
not find anyone more proficient (than Aisha ) in the knowledge of the Holy
Quran, the Commandments of Halal (lawful) and Haram (prohibited), Ilmul-Ansab
and Arabic poetry. That is why, even senior companions of the Prophet used to
consult Aisha in resolving intricate issues”.
(Jala-ul-Afham by Ibn Qaiyem
and Ibn Sa’ad, Vol.2, p.26)
Also see this;
Abu Musa al-Ashari says: “Never
had we (the companions) any difficulty for the solution of which we approached
Aisha and did not get some useful information from her”. (Sirat-I-Aisha, on the
authority of Tirmidhi, pg. 163)
INDEED ALLAH KNOWS THE BEST!!!
More Sources can be found on
https://discover-the-truth.com/2013/09/09/age-of-consent-in-european-american-history/
http://www.islamicity.org/3390/at-what-age-aisha-marry-prophet-muhammad-pbuh/
https://discover-the-truth.com/2013/09/09/age-of-consent-in-european-american-history/
http://www.islamicity.org/3390/at-what-age-aisha-marry-prophet-muhammad-pbuh/
I Will Publish another Article on same
Issue Very Soon,In Article We will look at this Issue,using different way. Insha Allah.
