Why did the Prophet Mohammad(صلى الله عليه وسلم ) marry a nine years old girl?
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَتْ خَدِيجَةُ قَبْلَ مَخْرَجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ بِثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ، فَلَبِثَ سَنَتَيْنِ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَنَكَحَ عَائِشَةَ وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ، ثُمَّ بَنَى بِهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ.
Why did not he consume
that marriage when she was 6 years? Why did he wait for three years ? .
Secondly , It was usual in the past for young girls to get married around this age:
The History
of Marriage as an Institution by Larry R. Peterson, Ph.D.:
‘Throughout most of
the 19th century, the minimum age of consent for sexual intercourse in most
American states was 10 years. In Delaware it was only 7 years.
As late as 1930, twelve states allowed boys as
young as 14 and girls as young as 12 to marry (with parental consent).
As late as 1940,
married women were not allowed to make a legal contract in twelve states.
In 1967, the U.S.
Supreme Court struck down state anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v.
Virginia.’ ) buddybuddy web site
Pay attention to this’From the 1690s to the 1870s, “wife sale” was common in rural and small-town England. To divorce his wife, a husband could present her with a rope around her neck in a public sale to another man.’
Wait a moment !
‘’wife sale’ in 1967 ?And in England?
What about Muslims 1400 years ago :
‘4. And give to the women (whom you marry) their Mahr (obligatory bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) with a good heart, but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it, and enjoy it without fear of any harm (as Allah has made it lawful).’ The Noble Quraan An Nissaa
‘19. O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the Mahr you have given them, unless they commit open illegal sexual intercourse. And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good.’’ The Noble Quraan An Nissaa
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The most perfect man in his faith among the believers is the one whose behaviour is most excellent; and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives."(At- Tirmidhi).It was |authenticated by At-Tirmithi and Al Albani
'Aishah ,The prophet Mohammad’s wife, said:‘I would eat flesh from a bone when I was menstruating, then hand it over to the Prophet(ﷺ) and he would put his mouth where I had put my mouth: I would drink, then hand it over to him, and he would put his mouth( at the place) where I drank.’ Abi Dawud.It was authenticated by Al Albani
Pay attention to this’From the 1690s to the 1870s, “wife sale” was common in rural and small-town England. To divorce his wife, a husband could present her with a rope around her neck in a public sale to another man.’
Wait a moment !
‘’wife sale’ in 1967 ?And in England?
What about Muslims 1400 years ago :
‘4. And give to the women (whom you marry) their Mahr (obligatory bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) with a good heart, but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it, and enjoy it without fear of any harm (as Allah has made it lawful).’ The Noble Quraan An Nissaa
‘19. O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the Mahr you have given them, unless they commit open illegal sexual intercourse. And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good.’’ The Noble Quraan An Nissaa
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The most perfect man in his faith among the believers is the one whose behaviour is most excellent; and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives."(At- Tirmidhi).It was |authenticated by At-Tirmithi and Al Albani
'Aishah ,The prophet Mohammad’s wife, said:‘I would eat flesh from a bone when I was menstruating, then hand it over to the Prophet(ﷺ) and he would put his mouth where I had put my mouth: I would drink, then hand it over to him, and he would put his mouth( at the place) where I drank.’ Abi Dawud.It was authenticated by Al Albani
‘Narrated Al-Aswad:I asked `Aisha what
did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to do at home. She
replied. "He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was
time for the prayer, he would get up for prayer." Al Bukhari
The Prophet Mohammad said :’ He who believes in Allah and the Hereafter, if he
witnesses any matter he should talk in good terms about it or keep quiet. Act kindly
towards woman, for woman is created from a rib, and the most crooked part of
the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if
you leave it, its crookedness will remain there. So act kindly towards women.’ Reported
in Sahih Muslim
Thirdly : Pediatrics :Earlier Onset of Puberty in Girls: Relation to
Increased Body Mass Index and Race
Objective. A recent study conducted by the
Pediatric Research in Office Settings network provided evidence that girls in
the United States, especially black girls, are starting puberty at a younger
age than earlier studies had found, but the reasons for this are not known.
Because nutritional status is known to affect timing of puberty and there is a
clear trend for increasing obesity in US children during the past 25 years, it
was hypothesized that the earlier onset of puberty could be attributable to the
increasing prevalence of obesity in young girls. Therefore, the objective of
this study was to reexamine the Pediatric Research in Office Settings puberty
data by comparing the age-normalized body mass index (BMI-ZS; a crude estimate
of fatness) of girls who had breast or pubic hair development versus those who
were still prepubertal, looking at the effects of age and race.
Results. For
white girls, the BMI-ZS were markedly higher in pubertal versus prepubertal 6-
to 9-year-olds; for black girls, a smaller difference was seen, which was
significant only for 9-year-olds. Higher BMI-ZS also were found in girls who
had pubic hair but no breast development versus girls who had neither pubic
hair nor breast development. A multivariate analysis confirms that obesity (as
measured by BMI) is significantly associated with early puberty in white girls
and is associated with early puberty in black girls as well, but to a lesser
extent.
Conclusions. The
results are consistent with obesity's being an important contributing factor to
the earlier onset of puberty in girls. Factors other than obesity, however,
perhaps genetic and/or environmental ones, are needed to explain the higher
prevalence of early puberty in black versus white girls.
Kidshealth : ‘No one can say exactly when you'll get your first menstrual
period, but you will get it sometime during puberty. Puberty is the time in your
life when you begin to become an adult. This means a lot of growing and
changing — both inside and out.Some girls start puberty at age 8, and others
may start as late as 13 or 14. Each girl goes at her own pace.’’
‘Girls usually start to go through puberty between the ages of 8 and 13.
Their bodies and minds change in many ways. Hormones kick off changes
like growth and breast development. About 2 to 2½ years after a girl's
breasts begin to develop, she usually gets her first menstrual period.’
fourthly,as an Atheist you DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT MORALS
fourthly,as an Atheist you DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT MORALS
Because according to Atheists point of ’ view’ there is no good or evil, wrong or right ‘ for that ‘the morals do not exist .‘ good, bad, evil, morals’ are not physical things ! as atheist you just believe in physical things and material world such as matter.You do not believe in morals because they are not physical things. you can not even prove that you have ‘mind’ ! all what you can say it is electrochemical activity . As they said ‘ from Atheism perspective : rape is just propagation of Gens.' So do not complain against ‘evil ‘! if a man sleep with his mother in a physical world , which does not believe in metaphysics ,it is considered neither bad nor good.
We are just flying atoms without any purpose and this is clear from the morals of theSoviet.
The economist :( The Devil's in the deterrent :GOVERNMENTS labouring to deliver effective crime-prevention policies could do worse than consider divine deterrence. In a paper published this summer in PLoS ONE, Azim Shariff at the University of Oregon and Mijke Rhemtulla at the University of Kansas compared rates of crime with rates of belief in heaven and hell in 67 countries. Citizens of those countries were asked which of heaven and hell they believed in, and each country’s overall "rate of belief" was calculated by subtracting the percentage of hell-believers from that of heaven-believers. The researchers found that the degree to which each country’s citizens believed more strongly in heaven than in hell predicted higher national crime rates. It seems that believing more strongly in the forgiveness of sins than in punishment in the after-life may help pave the way for further transgressions. The researchers also noted that the proportion of people believing in heaven almost always outweighed the proportion believing in hell. So a little more preaching on the fiery furnace might be beneficial in this life, if not also the next....)
The economist :( The Devil's in the deterrent :GOVERNMENTS labouring to deliver effective crime-prevention policies could do worse than consider divine deterrence. In a paper published this summer in PLoS ONE, Azim Shariff at the University of Oregon and Mijke Rhemtulla at the University of Kansas compared rates of crime with rates of belief in heaven and hell in 67 countries. Citizens of those countries were asked which of heaven and hell they believed in, and each country’s overall "rate of belief" was calculated by subtracting the percentage of hell-believers from that of heaven-believers. The researchers found that the degree to which each country’s citizens believed more strongly in heaven than in hell predicted higher national crime rates. It seems that believing more strongly in the forgiveness of sins than in punishment in the after-life may help pave the way for further transgressions. The researchers also noted that the proportion of people believing in heaven almost always outweighed the proportion believing in hell. So a little more preaching on the fiery furnace might be beneficial in this life, if not also the next....)
Huffingtonpost :(MUSLIMS GIVE MORE TO CHARITY THAN OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS, NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS.
AT ALMOST £371 EACH, MUSLIMS TOPPED THE POLL OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS THAT GIVE TO CHARITY.
WHEN THEY DONATED LAST YEAR, ATHEISTS AVERAGED £116, THE TIMES REPORTED (£).
THE ICM POLL FOUND THAT JEWISH DONORS GAVE AN AVERAGE OF £270 PER PERSON.
ROMAN CATHOLICS AVERAGED JUST OVER £178, CHRISTIANS JUST UNDER £178 AND PROTESTANTS £202.
Fifthly :Atheists'crimes :
1-The Telegraph : (By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent1:38PM GMT 29 Feb 2012)
1-The Telegraph : (By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent1:38PM GMT 29 Feb 2012)
Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say
Parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University has argued.
What about the bible ?
Numbers 31: [15] And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
[16]
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague
among the congregation of the LORD.[17] Now therefore kill every male among the
little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
[18] But
all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive
for yourselves.
[19] And
do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and
whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on
the third day, and on the seventh day.
[20] And
purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats'
hair, and all things made of wood.
[21] And
Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is
the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;’
What did the R. Simeon b. Yohai understand
from Numbers 31?
Babylonian
Talmud: Tractate Yebamoth ,Yebamoth 60b
It
was taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai stated: A proselyte who is under the
age of three years and one day is permitted to marry a priest,13 for
it is said, But all the women children that have not known man by lying
with him, keep alive for yourselves,14- ( HE means numbers 31 which I have
mentioned above )
and Phinehas15 surely was with them. And the Rabbis?16
— [These were kept alive] as bondmen and bondwomen.17 If so,18 a
proselyte whose age is three years and one day19 should also
be permitted! — [The prohibition is to be explained] in accordance with R.
Huna. For R. Huna pointed out a contradiction: It is written, Kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him,20
Babylonian
Talmud: Tractate Niddah, Folio 44b
‘MISHNAH.
A GIRL OF THE AGE OF THREE YEARS AND ONE DAY MAY BE BETROTHED23 BY
INTERCOURSE; IF THE YABAM24 HAD INTERCOURSE WITH HER, HE ACQUIRES HER
THEREBY;25 THE GUILT26 OF ADULTERY27 MAY BE INCURRED THROUGH
HER,28 AND SHE29 CAUSES UNCLEANNESS TO THE MAN WHO HAD INTERCOURSE
WITH HER SO THAT HE IN TURN CONVEYS UNCLEANNESS TO THAT UPON WHICH HE LIES,30
Did Aisha hate the prophet ?Did she want him to divorce her ?
" If you both turn in repentance to Allah,
then indeed your hearts are inclined (to this)" (Ixvi. 4), until 'Umar
(Allah be pleased with him) set out for Hajj and I also went along with him.
And as we were going along a path, 'Umar (Allah be pleased with hiyn) went
aside and I also went aside with him with a jug (of water). He answered the
call of nature, and then came to me and I poured water over his hands and he
performed ablution I said: Commander of the Faithful, who are the two ladies
amongst the wives of Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) about whom Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: 'If you both
turn to Allah in repentance, then indeed your heart are inclined to it"?
'Umar (Allah he pleased with him) said: How strange is it for you, Ibn 'Abbas!
(Zuhri said: By Allah, he disliked what he asked about, but did not keep it a
secret.) He ('Umar) said: They are Hafsa and 'A'isha; and he then began to
narrate the hadith and said: We were such people among the Quraish who
dominated women, and as we reached Medina we found there people who were
dominated by their women, and our women began to learn (the habits) of their
women. He further said: And my house was situated in the suburb of Aledina in
the tribe of Banu Umayya b. Zaid. One day I became angry with my wife and she
retorted upon me. I did not like that she should retort upon me. She said: You
disapprove of my retorting upon you By Allah, the wives of Allah's Messenger(ﷺ) retort upon him, and one of
them detaches herself from him for the day until the night. So I ('Umar) went
out and visited Hafsa and said: Do you retort upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? She said: Yes. I said; Does
any one of you detach herself from him from the day to the night? She said:
Yes. He said: She who did like it amongst you in fact failed and incurred loss.
Does everyone amongst you not fear the wrath of Allah upon her due to the wrath
of His Messenger (ﷺ), and (as a result thereof) she may perish? So do not retort
upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and do not ask him for anything, but ask me that which you
desire, (and the frank behaviour) of your companion may not mislead you, if she
is more graceful and is dearer to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) than you (meaning 'A'isha)
(Allah be pleased with her). He (Hadrat 'Umar further) said: I had a compalaion
from the Ansar and, we used to remain in the company of the Messenger (ﷺ) turn by turn. He remained
there for a day while I remained there on the other day, and he brought me the
news about the revelation and other (matter), and I brought him (the news) like
this. And we discussed that the Ghassanids were shoeing the horses in order to
attack us. Id y companion once attended (the Apostle). and then came to me at
night and knocked at my door and called me, and I came out to him, and he said:
A matter of great importance has happened. I said: What is that? Have the
Ghassanids come? He said: No, but even more serious and more significant than
that: the Prophet (ﷺ) has divorced his wives. I said: Hafsa has failed and has
incurred loss. and I feared that it would happen. When it was dawn I observed
the dawn prayer and dressed myself, and then came there (in the house of the
Holy Prophet) and visited Hafsa, and she was weeping. I said: Has Allah's
Messenger (ﷺ) divorced you (all)? She said: I do not know. He has, however,
separated himself in his attic. I came to a black servant and said to him: Seek
permission for 'Umar. He went in and then came to me and said: I made mention
of you to him, but he kept quiet. I then went to the pulpit and sat there, and
there was a group of people sitting by it and some of then were weeping. I sat
there for some time, until I was overpowered (by that very idea) which was in
my mind. I then came back to the boy and said to him: Seek permission for Umar.
He went in and came to me and said: I made mention of you to him but he kept
quiet. I was about to turn back when the boy called me and said: Go in;
permission has been granted to you. I went in and greeted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he was reclining against
the couch of mat and it had left its marks upon his side. I said: Messenger of
Allah, have you divorced your wives? He raised his head towards me and said:
No. I said: Allah is the Greatest. Messenger of Allah, I wish if you had seen
how we the people of Quraish had domination over women but when we came to
Medina we found people whom their women dominated. So our women began to learn
from their women. One dily I became angry with my wife and she began to retort
upon me. I did not approve that she should retort upon me. She said: You do not
like that I should retort upon you, but, by Allah. the wives of Allah's Messenger(ﷺ) retort upon him and any one
of them separates herself from him for a day until night. I said: He who did
that amongst them in fact failed and incurred loss. Does any of them feel sate
from the wrath of Allahupon her due to the wrath of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and she has certainly
perished. Allah's Messtnger (ﷺ) smiled, I said: Messenger of Allah, I visited Hafsa and said:
(The behaviour) of your companion ('A'isha) may not mislead you, If she is more
graceful than you and is dearer to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) than you. Allah's Messenger
(ﷺ) smiled for the second time.
I said: Allah's Messenger, way I talk to you about agreeable things? He said:
Yes. I sat down and lifted my head (to see things) in the house and, by Allah,
I did not see anything significant besides three hides. I said: Messenger of
Allah, supplicate the Lord that He should make (life) prosperous for your Ummah
as He has made plentiful for the people of Persia and Rome (in spite of the
fact) that they do no, worship Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, whereupon he
(Allah's Messenger) sat up an I then said: Ibn Khattab, do you doubt that they
are a nation whom their nice things have been given immediately in the life of
this world. I said: Allah's Messenger! seek pardon for me. And he (Allah's
Messenger) had taken an oath that he would not visit them for a month due to
extreme annoyance with them until Allah showed His displeasure to him (Allah's
Messenger). Zuhri said: 'Urwa informed me that 'A'Isha (Allah be pleased with
her) said: When twenty-nine nights were over, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited me, and he began
(his visit) with me. I said: Messenger of Allah, you had taken an oath that you
would not visit us for a month, while you have visited after I have counted
only twenty-nine (nights). Thereupon he said: The month may also be of
twenty-nine (days). He then said: 'A'isha, I am going to talk to you about a
matter, and you should not be hasty in it (and do not give your final decision)
until you have consulted your parents. He then recited this verse to me:"
O Prophet, say to your wives" till he reached" mighty reward"
(xxxiii. 28). 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: By Allah, he knew that
my parents would not allow me to separate from him. I said: Is there any need
to consult my parents in this matter? I in fact choose Allah and His Messenger
(ﷺ) and the abode in the
Hereafter. Ma'mar said: Ayyub reported to me that 'A'isha said: Don't inform
your wives that I have chosen you, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Verily Allah has sent
me as a conveyer of message, and He has not sent me as a source of hardship (to
others). Qatada said:" Saghat qulubukum" means" Your hearts have
inclined." Sahih Muslim