Every time I bring up Aisha I get a lot of thumbs down. I just can not see how any rationalization can show marrying a six year old is okay. Should I just give up asking these questions because they make some Muslims feel uncomfortable?
2007-02-06 12:47:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No... He was quite a character, though he lacked any.
2007-02-06 12:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Many hadiths point to the fact that Aisha was at least about 15 before she got married. It is wrong to question the character of Muhammad based on misconceptions and islamophobic propaganda.
2007-02-08 08:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by aroundworldsports 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's wrong to question anything!
There are many questions I have regarding Islam, but the only answers I get seem to be going in circles. Keep questioning nonetheless!
I think in poor little Aisha's case, that was a cultural norm. My Egyptian friend was bethrothed at age 12, not to marry until she was 18. But the betrothal was to her step-fathers' brother.
I find that ooky, personally, but to her it was completely the way things were.
2007-02-06 20:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by dorkmobile 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
please listen to what i say carefully. Muhammad (pbuh) married Aisha at 9, not 6, and even that is disputed. however she had reached puberty by the time of marriage and that was common in the time period among all people not only muslims. someone who married a 9 yr old today would be seen as paedophile but if you apply that to that time period, almost everyone would be a pedophile!
also, a paedophile by definiton is someone who would look after children who had not yet reached puberty. this doesn't apply in this case.
the first time i heard about Aisha's age i was confused and did not feel it was right. i do not just close my eyes and cover my ears at everything i hear that is against islam, but try to understand your point of view also. after i read that she had reached puberty, it didn't trouble me because that was a norm at that time--please do not judge by the standards of today. its not that you are making me uncomfortable the problem is that you are not understanding the situation and are making false judgements on the Prophet (pbuh). i hope you understand
2007-02-06 21:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Muhammad never married a six year old girl. The dates just don't add up. Other hadiths point to the fact that she was between 15-20 years old.
It is wrong to base arguments on borrowed information, ignoring scholarly research. And it is wrong to question the character of someone as selfless and impeccable as Muhammad. I know this will get me some "thumbs down" from people who are not interested in historical evidence or impartiality, but so be it. The anti-Islamic statements on Yahoo! Answers should stop.
2007-02-06 20:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
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.
2007-02-06 20:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
You don't understand history at all. Read up on it. Back in those times IT WAS NORMAL. That's changed now. Pocohantas was only 12-13 and the US celebrates her being with a 35 year old. India just recently passed laws for girls under the age of 12 to not marry. You have to read your history.
2007-02-06 20:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
you can question it but if its making peers and muslims feel uncomfortable than you probly wont make to many friends to quickly. and the whole marrying a 6year old being not ok thing is just is just that way for some of the population. its alright to question it as long as you dont insult muhammed and offend muslims personally, then its just descrimination
2007-02-06 20:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by >>----gen♥nie---> 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
well... first of all i think u do not have the right to talk about that topic.. what i mean is that it's not ur daughter.. so what will ur question be if u knew that her parents and family agreed?? i think it's up to them.. and to them only..
and didn't u know that every society has its own traditions and facts?? and as u can see, that issue was so normal then... so do not compare it to now-days' cases...
and y do u ask this question?? y don't u read our Prophet's biography from A to Z, as u r interested in those topics?? and try to search also for the circumstances that synchronized that marriage......
Good Luck..
2007-02-06 21:20:53 · answer #9 · answered by Kareem 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can question the character of anyone. Even the Holy Mohamed.
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2007-02-06 20:53:59 · answer #10 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
what "questions" make Muslims uncomfortable??!! ask away son. there's nothing to hide here.
but know this--there's a difference between asking a question and throwing insults just know the difference and be respectful is all we ask.
2007-02-06 21:00:10 · answer #11 · answered by /\ 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋