why did abu bakr allow muhammad to marry his 9 year old daughter Aisha?
2007-02-05 14:30:16 · 10 answers · asked by khupziky 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because it was custom at the time for women to marry when they reached puberty.
This is no different then Pocahontas being involved with James Smith at 14
Gangiz Khan marrying his wife when they were both 9
Marie Antoinette marrying at 14.
To understand how a culture behaves one must look at the culture on the level of their norms not the norms of today's society.
2007-02-05 14:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by Layla 6 · 11⤊ 1⤋
If she was truly 9.
Probably to shelter the child from a situation in the home. From what I have been told, this was a common occurance. A parent or other guardian would marry off a daughter to make a better or more protective life for her. I have read similar stories as late as the latter 19th century.
My two cents.
2007-02-05 22:48:57 · answer #2 · answered by jjudijo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
she was 14
Fatima was five years older than Aisha. Fatima is reported to have been born when Muhammad was 35 years old. Muhammad migrated to Medina when he was 52, making Aisha 14 years old in 1 AH.
Abu Bakr had four children and all four were born during the Jahiliyyah - the pre Islamic period. If Aisha was born in the period of jahiliyyah, she could not have been less than 14 years in 1 AH.
2007-02-05 22:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 5⤋
in this times the Arab people get used to that many girls got married at 9 years and till now in some places the girl can be married at 9 or ten years old and i saw this by my self in india and egypt but it depend on the girl healthy so it wasn`t strange that Abu bakr allow for this .thank you
2007-02-05 22:39:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
9 is Pat Robertson and his ilk invention ------she was some where bet . 14 to 18
2007-02-05 22:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
theres no proof she is 9 years old i heard she was 18 or 19 when she married mohammed(pbuh)
2007-02-05 22:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
mullet guy question.?
why do you ask questions that you do not care to know the answer to? why do you feel the need to disrespect every religion? why not ask meaningful, respectful, genuine questions that might open up a conversation where learning could possibly take place?
2007-02-05 22:34:15 · answer #7 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 8⤊ 3⤋
whatever age she was she had reached puberty when the marriage was consummated. marriages at puberty were common among all people at that time period. please do some research on this and you will know its true.
2007-02-05 22:51:28 · answer #8 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I heard she was somewhere between the ages of fetus and 87
2007-02-05 22:41:54 · answer #9 · answered by digger 1 · 1⤊ 6⤋
mohammed creted his religion to satisfy his lust for sex, and violence.
2007-02-06 21:17:46 · answer #10 · answered by ekam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋