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Was Aisha the mother of the believers 6 years old when The Messenger of Allah Almighty sermoned her (Engagement)! and was she 9 years old when got Married to the Prophet? (peace and blessings be upon him)
Sadly we still find many muslims try to proof this Lie against the Messenger and the Mother of believers, and give the Islamophobes/haters a reason to Attack the Messenger with falsehood.
Let STOP this wrongdoing, and take the truth.
《These are some of the irrefutable and strong evidences, that shows her Age was at least 21 years old at the time of her marriage.》
(18 undisputed evidences from the Sunnah Biography of the Messenger of God Almighty, as indicated by many scholars and researchers from Saudi and Egyp).
This work is in defense of the Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and the authentic biography that they want to distort.
☆ First clarification:
Had the Prophet married our mother Aisha (Mother of the Believers) at the age of 9, we would’ve been the first to defend this legislation, because the Prophet is the legislator.
However, it is a repetition of slander in the name and message of God, with many people repeat it without proper research and knowledge, believing a lie, and aim to defend a fabrication that didn’t take place at all.
☆ Second explanation:
The heart is sad to see some people who insults the Prophet biography, they call him the ugliest and the most vile names.
E.g. that he sexually assaulted a young girl (God forbid)
Many Muslims include some scholars repeat what Islamophobes say, and some of them try to justify something that the Prophet DID NOT do in the first place.
︎ They say, women in hot countries mature quickly, or at the time of the Prophet women were larger in size, which justifies their marriage at a very young age.
(These justification are not needed because Aysha the mother of the belivers didn’t marry at the age of 9 yeard old).
Initial summary:
The correct and logical answer is the source narrator who mentioned the age of Aisha, and all the so called correct sources end with (Hisham Ibn Urwa) the source.
The clear mistake that he made (or actually a recent alteration), is in mentioning that the mother of the belivers Aysha was born before the Immigration, and the correct is before the Mission started. (And this simple fact will make sense and align with all proofs and calculations we are presenting).
And because of these errors, the Islamophobes find easy grounds to attack the Messenger of God in the most horrific way, trying to cause ignorant muslims to doubt their Deen.
■ These 18 agreed upon proofs show the age of Aisha without a doubt (May Allah is pleased with her).
There is more evidence, but this is enough.
1) The date of the revelation of Surat Al-Qamar determines the age of Aisha (MOB):
It came in Sahih al-Bukhari on the authority of Yusuf ibn Mahek, who said: “At the time of Aisha, the mother of the believers, she said: It was revealed to Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and I am a Maid. 《Rather, the hour is their time and the hour is worse and more important》knowing Surat Al-Qamar was revealed in the sixth or seventh year before the Hijra and the Messenger, peace be upon him, married her in the second year of the Hijra. If we believed the narrations that specify the age of nine years, this would mean that Surat al-Qamar was revealed while she was a baby, not a maid. She plays as she said in this hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Facts:
Surat Al-Qamar was revealed at the beginning of the Prophet’s mission in Makkah.
And a maid, is not a child, meaning her age is more than 10 years or adolescence.
If her age is 10 years at least at the time of marriage in the second year of migration will be more than 20 years at least.
2) Another hadith in Al-Bukhari specifies the age of the Mother of the Believers, Aisha.
Al-Bukhari (Bab - Jewar of Abu Bakr during the time of the Prophet) reported that (Aisha) said: I have never thought of my parents except when they are professing the religion, and not a day passes for us without the Messenger of God coming to us both ends of the day in the morning and the evening, and when the Muslims were afflicted, Abu Bakr went out, migrating toward Abyssinia).
Then (Aisha) says that she did not understand her parents except when they were religiously professed, and that before the migration of Abyssinia as I mentioned, and she Said that the Prophet used to come to their home every day, which shows that she was rational for these visits, and what is certain is that the migration of Abyssinia was unanimous among the history books in the year (5) From the beginning of the Prophet’s mission, which corresponds to the year (615 AD),
The narration that was mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, which indicates events that occurred before the fourth year of the mission and that Aisha (MOB) narrated, indicates that Aisha was present before the fourth year of the mission started, and not only existed, but she was at the height of her awareness and understanding, enabling her to narrate the events of a story that occurred In this way and this means: If we assume that Aisha (Mother of the believers) was at least 5 to 7 years old before the fourth year of the mission, as it’s realisticly and practicly impossible. This means that her age when the Messenger Married to her in the second year of the Hijra, cannot be in any way less than 15 to 17 years at least, and this undermines the narration that says that it was 9 years old from its roots!
3) Her previous Marriage before the Messenger of God Almighty to Jabir bin Mut`im. (Was a Marriage and not just an engagement).
And this is one of the largest evidences out there, which confirm maturity without any doubt.
From reviewing the evidence of Abbas Al-Akkad, the evidence that he is more likely to say that Aisha’s age at the time of her wedding to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was not less than fifteen years at least.
Based on this extensive research of Al-Akkad is certain that the Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family) married to Aisha when she had reached a woman age, and she was seventeen at the time of marriage at the very least. And not that she was at that time a girl of six or nine, playing with swings, as claimed in hadiths atributed to her.
As for the claim that Aysha (MOB) had never been married before the marriage to the messenger, is also one of the well-known lies.
She had previously married Jubayr ibn Muta`im, then divorced, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, married her.
This is exactly what Ibn Saad narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Malika: “The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, when he spoke about Aisha, said Abu Bakr: I was given her to Mut’im for his son Jubayr, so let me save her from them, so he took her away from them as he divorced her, eventually the Messenger of God, may God bless him, married her. ” (Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra by Ibn Saad, c.7, p. 59).
Facts: Many hadiths show that Umm Jubayr rejected the mother of the believers, by saying to Abu Bakr (Do you want my son to accept Islam as your daughter did), meaning Aysha became Muslim.
This indicates that Aisha, the mother of the believers, was an adult and mature and took the decision of Islam as an adult, and this is in Mecca.
If we believe that her marriage to the Prophet was 9 years, then that means that she was married to Jubayr while she was a baby, and this is not acceptable to even think of.
Also, her mother, the wife of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq - may God be pleased with her - saw that her daughter had grown up when her engagement was annulled (the truth is her divorce from Jubayr bin Mut’im bin Uday), and when she learned that the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - had mentioned her for Engagement to himself, she said to Abu Bakr - be pleased God on him -: (This is your daughter Aisha, Allah had moved Jubayr and his family out of her way, so push her to the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - so you may receive goodness and blessing)
︎The mother the best to know the signs of her daughter readiness for marriage and signs of her femininity.
So what is certain is that Aisha had been married and given to her husband, then she was surrendered and divorced from him, and this also confirms that she had reached the age of readiness at that time of her marriage, not that she was a child.
Note: as for whether she was a virgin in this marriage? The Hadeeth is silent about explaining that either way. Our strong beliefs that she wasn’t a Virgin, as the narration is sensed, as it confirms that Abu Bakr had “given” her by her husband in marriage.
Ibn Saad narrated in Tabaqah (8: 09) on the authority of Abdullah bin Malikah who said the speeches of the Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family and grant them peace) Aisha bint Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq. He said: I had given her Mut’im for his son Jubayr, so let me until I save/drove her from them, so he took her away from them and Jubayr divorced her, so the Messenger of God (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family) married her. End.
And Muhammad ibn Saad is a great hafiz and is a great scholar who is approved by the Sunni scholars unanimous- (see: Tadhkira al-Hafiz by al-Dhahabi) 2: 425.
︎continue to part 2