Yemeni Child Bride, 12, Dies in Painful Childbirth
Just finished reading about the 12 year old Yemini child bride that died giving birth. You can watch the CNN report here :
The reporter falsely claims that this is the product of culture!
Muhammad is claimed to be the beautiful pattern of conduct by the Quran :
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YUSUFALI: Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the Praise of Allah.
Muhammad himself married Aisha when she was at the age of 6, this information can be found in the Hadith (one of religious texts of Muslims) :
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
That’s why from Islamic point of view there is no certain age or prerequisite for marriage. This can be shown by the Fatwas (religious rulings) from scholars of Islam. Here I will list online Fatwas by moderate and extremists scholars, if there is one thing that they can agree upon is child marriage:
Islam does not specify a certain minimal age for marriage; rather, it placed a certain age for shouldering religious obligations in general. This age is the age of puberty, either by natural sign (the ability to ejaculate semen for a boy and menstruation for a girl) or by reaching the age of 15 lunar years. However, reaching this age is not necessary for validating the marriage contract, for it is up to the guardians to conduct marriages before [the bride or groom or both] have reached this age.
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As regards, the age of getting married for a girl, it is when she becomes physically fit for sexual intercourse. However, she can get married before this time, but the husband should not consummate the marriage with her unless she becomes physically fit. It is confirmed in Sahih Al Bukhari that the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention)) married Aisha, may Allaah be pleased with her when she was 6 years of age, and consummated the marriage with her when she was 9 years of age. The guardian of a girl should take the initiative to marry her off if he finds a suitable person who has the required characteristics that the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention)) illustrated when he said: If any man whose religion and character are satisfactory proposes to marry one of your women, marry him, otherwise there will be great mischief and corruption on earth”. (Al-Thirmidhi and others).
Question :
Is it acceptable to marry a girl who has not yet started her menses?
I have not yet reached the age of puberty. Is it correct that a girl could get married before her menses start, or is that just a traditional myth?.
Praise be to Allaah.Firstly:
Marriage to a young girl before she reaches puberty is permissible according to sharee’ah, and it was narrated that there was scholarly consensus on this point.
I am 45 and married to already 15 years now after the sexual desire of my woman has nearly gone i am looking to marry again. And i would like to marry a woman who is 12 years old, her father and she has also agreed, my first wife told me that it could make problems if it will be a big different in age, and also some of my children are older than my second wife. What is your advise? And is it allowed for me to have already sexual intercourse with these woman after we are married or to i have to wait till she reach at special age? According to the Shari’ah, if a girl is a minor (did not attain puberty), she may be given in marriage by her father. When she attains puberty, she has the right to maintain the marriage or discontinue the marriage. There is no age limit to be intimate with one’s wife even if she is a minor. It is important for you, in your situation, to consider the age difference reservation expressed by your wife. and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
