MARRIAGE WITH PROPHET AISYAH

 Assalamu'alaykum Wr . Wb .

Ancient Myth About Age Marriage Siti Aisha RA

A Christian friend once asked me , " Will you marry your sister who was 7 years old with a 50 -year -old ? " I'm speechless .

He continued , " If you will not do it , how can you approve the marriage innocent girl was 7 years old , Ayesha , with your Prophet ? " I told him , " I do not have an answer to your question at this time . " My friend smiled and left me with the shocks in my mind would be my religion .

Most Muslims answer that such marriages were accepted by society at that time . If not , people will object to the marriage of the Prophet with Aisha .

However , such an explanation would be easy for people deceive naive in believing . However , I am not quite satisfied with such an explanation .

Prophet is a human role model , all most exemplary actions that we , Muslims can imitate . Bagaimaanpun , most people at the Islamic Center of Toledo , including me , would not think to betroth our sister who was 7 years old with a man 50 years old . If the parents agree to the marriage as it is , most people , though not all , would look down on the old man and the old man .

In 1923, the marriage registrar in Egypt were given instructions to refuse registration and refused to issue a marriage license to the prospective husband is under 18 years old , and prospective wives under 16 years old . 1931 Session in oraganisasi - oraganisi establish sharia law and to not respond to the age of marriage for couples above ( Women in Muslim Family Law , John Esposito , 1982) . It shows that although in Egypt the Muslim-majority country marriage age children is not acceptable .

So , I believe , without evidence perhormatan solidpun besides me against the Prophet , that marriage story brumur 7 year girl with 50 -year -old Prophet are only myths . However my long journey in menyelelidiki prove the truth of the matter is my intuition correct.

The Prophet was a man of a gentleman. And she did not marry a plain girl aged 7 or 9 years . Age Ayesha has been erroneously recorded in the hadith literature . Furthermore , I think that the story that mentions this is not to be trusted .

Some hadith ( traditions of the Prophet ) which tells the story of Aisha's age at the time of her marriage to the Prophet , the hadith is very problematic . I will present some of the evidence against the fantasy told Hisham ibn ` Urwah and to clear the name of a prophet of old designations are not responsible for the innocent girl married 7 years old .

Evidence # 1 : Testing Against Resource

Most of the history that tells it printed on everything hadith narrated only by Hisham ibn ` Urwah , who recorded on the authority of his father , which should be at least 2 or 3 people have noted similar hadith . It is strange that no one is in Medina , where Hisham ibn ` Urwah lived until the age of 71 years recently told me this, besides the fact that there are many students in Medina including the famous Malik ibn Anas , not to mention this .

This is the origin of the history of the people of Iraq , where Hisham lived there and moved from Medina to Iraq in old age .

Tehzibu'l - Tehzib , one of the well-known book containing the records of the narrators of hadith , according to Yaqub ibn Shaibah noted : " Hisham sangatbisa believed , history is acceptable , except what he told after moving into Iraq " ( Tehzi'bu ' l - tehzi'b , Ibn Hajar Al - ` asqala'ni , Dar Ihya al - turath al - Islami , 15th century . Vol 11 , p.50 ) .

In a further statement that Malik ibn Anas refused Hisham recorded history of the people of Iraq : " I've been told that Malik refuses Hisham recorded history of the people of Iraq " ( Tehzi'b u'l - tehzi'b , IbnHajar Al - ` asqala'ni , Dar Ihya al - turath al - Islami , vol.11 , p . 50 ) .

Mizanu'l - ai ` tidal , another book which contains a description of the history of life on the transmitters of the hadith of the Prophet recorded : " When old age , memory Hisham setback striking " ( Mizanu'l - ai ` tidal , Al - Zahbi , Al - Maktabatu ' l - athriyyah , Sheikhupura , Pakistan , Vol . 4 , p . 301 ) .

CONCLUSION :

based on these references , Hisham 's memory is very bad and

history after moving into Iraq so can not be trusted , so the history of the marriage age of Aisha is not credible .

CHRONOLOGY : It is vital to note and remember important dates in Islamic history :

Pre - 610 M : Ignorance ( pre - Islamic era ) before dropping revelation

610 M : down the first revelation of Abu Bakr accepted Islam

613 M : Prophet Muhammad started teaching to Public

615 M : Migrated to Abyssinia .

616 M : Umar ibn al- Khattab accepted Islam .

620 AD : The Prophet said to Aisha woo

622 CE : Hijrah to Yathrib , later renamed Medina

623/624 M : The Prophet said to be married with Aisha

Evidence # 2 : woo

According to Tabari ( also according to Hisham ibn ` Urwah , Ibn Hunbal and Ibn Sad ) , Ayesha groom at the age of 7 years old and started to settle down at the age of 9 years .

But , on the other hand, Al - Tabari says : " All the children of Abu Bakr ( 4 ) was born on jahiliyahh period of two wives" ( Tarikhu'l - umam wa'l - mamlu'k , Al - Tabari ( died 922 ) , Vol. 4 , p . 50 , Arabic , Dara'l - fikr , Beirut , 1979) .

If the groom 620M Aisha ( Aisha age 7 years ) and married the year 623/624 M ( age 9 years ) , this indicates that Ayesha was born in 613 AD Thus , based on writings of Al - Tabari , Aisha should have been born in the 613M , ie 3 years after Jahiliyahh period expires ( 610 M ) .

Tabari also states that Ayesha was born at the time of Ignorance . If Ayesha was born in the era of ignorance , Aisha should have at least 14 years old when dinikah . But the bottom line experienced a contradiction in periwayatannya Tabari .

CONCLUSION : Al - Tabari is not reliable about the age of Aisha when she married .

Proof # 3 : Age Aisha if associated with age Fatimah

According to Ibn Hajar , " Fatima was born when the Ka ` bah was rebuilt , when the Prophet was 35 years old ... Fatimah 5 years older than Ayesha " ( Al - isabah fi tamyizi'l - Sahabah , Ibn Hajar al - Asqalani , Vol . 4 , p . 377 , Maktabatu'l - Riyadh al - Haditha , al - Riyadh , 1978) .

If Ibn Hajar's statement is factual , meaning Aisha was born when the Prophet was 40 years old . When the Prophet married Aisha at the age of 52 years the Prophet , then the age of Aisha when married is 12 years .

CONCLUSION : Ibn Hajar , Tabari , Ibn Hisham and Ibn Humbal contradiction to each other . But it seems evident that history Aisha married 7 years of age are unfounded myth .

Evidence # 4 : Age Aisha calculated from the age of Asma '

According to Rahman ibn abi - Abda'l zanna'd : " Asthma is 10 years older than Ayesha ( Siyar A ` la'ma'l - nubala ' , Al - Zahabi , Vol . 2 , p . 289 , Arabic , Mu'assasatu ' l - treatise , Beirut , 1992) .

According to Ibn Kathir : " Asthma is 10 years older than her sister [ Ayesha ] "

( Al - Bidayah wa'l - Nihayah , Ibn Kathir , Vol . 8 , p . 371 , Dar al - Fikr al - ` arabi , Al - jizah , 1933) .

According to Ibn Kathir : " Asthma seeing his assassination in 73 H , and 5 days later Asthma died . According iwayat others , he died 10 or 20 days later , or a few days more than 20 days , or 100 days later . History 's most powerful is 100 days later . Died During Asthma , he was 100 years " ( Al - Bidayah wa'l - Nihayah , Ibn Kathir , Vol . 8 , p . 372 , Dar al - fikr al - ` arabi , Al - jizah , 1933 )

According to Ibn Hajar Al - Asqalani : " Asthma lived to 100 years and died in 73 or 74 H. " ( Taqribu'l - tehzib , Ibn Hajar Al - Asqalani , p . 654 , Arabic , Bab fi'l - Nisa ' , al - harfu'l - alif , Lucknow ) .

According to the bulk of historians , Asma , the oldest brother of Aisha odds 10 years of age . If Asma died at the age of 73 years 100 years he H , Asthma should have 27 or 28 years old when the hijra 622M ) .

If Asthma aged 27 or 28 years old when the hijra ( when Aisha married ) , Aisha should have been 17 or 18 years old . So , Aisha , aged 17 or 18 years old when moved in epidemic where Aisha married .

Based on Hajar , Ibn outrigger , and - Rahman ibn abi Abda'l zanna'd , age of Aisha when she married the Prophet was 19 or 20 years .

In Exhibit # 3 , Ibn Hajar Aishah estimated age of 12 years and the # 4 Ibn Hajar evidence contradicts himself with his statement Aisha age 17 or 18 years . So which is the correct age ? 12 or 18 .. ?

CONCLUSION : Ibn Hajar is invalid under the age of Aisha's narration .

Proof # 5 : Battle of Badr and Uhud

A history regarding Ayesha 's participation in Badr is described in the hadith of Muslim , ( Kitabu'l - Jihad wa'l - Siyar , Chapter karahiyati'l - isti ` anah fi'l - ghazwi bikafir ) . Aisha , when he told one of the important moments in the course during the battle of Badr , said : " when we reach Shajarah " . From this statement it is clear , Aisha is a member of the journey to Badr .

A history regarding Ayesha participation in Uhud recorded in Bukhari ( Kitabu'l - Jihad wa'l - Siyar , Chapter Ghazwi'l - Nisa ' wa ` qitalihinnama a'lrijal ) : " Anas noted that on the day of Uhud , people could not stood by the Prophet . [ on that day , ] I saw Ayesha and Umm - i- Sulaym from afar , They tuck her little outfit [ to prevent movement in transit hitch TSB ] . "

Again , this indicates that Ayesha was present in the battle of Uhud and Badr .

Narrated by Bukhari ( Kitabu'l - Maghazi , Chapter Ghazwati'l - Khandaq hiya'l wa - ahza'b ) : " Ibn ` Umar states that the Prophet did not allow himself berpastisispasi in Uhud , at that time , Ibn Umar was 14 years old . but when the battle of the Trench , when 15 -year -old , the Prophet permitted Ibn Umar participated in the war they will be . "

Based on the above history , ( a) children under the age of 15 years will be sent home and not allowed to participate in the war , and ( b ) full moon Aisyahikut war and Uhud

CONCLUSION : Ayesha participated in the battle of Badr and Uhud clearly indicates that she was not 9 years old at the time, but at least 15 years old . In addition, women who accompany men in war is supposed to function to help , not to increase the burden for them . This is another evidence of the marriage age of Aisha contradiction .

EVIDENCE # 6 : Surat al - Qamar ( the Moon )

According to tradition, Ayesha was born in the eighth before hijriyah . But according to another source in Bukhari , Ayesha is recorded saying : " I am a young girl ( jariyah in Arabic ) " when Surah Al - Qamar was revealed ( Sahih Bukhari , Kitabu'l - tafsir , Bab Qaulihi Bal al- sa ` atu Maw ` iduhum wa'l - sa ` atu adha ' wa Amarr ) .

Letter 54 of the Quran was revealed in the eighth before hijriyah ( The bounteous newspaper , MM Khatib , 1985) , indicates that the letter they will be revealed in 614 AD when the Prophet Aisha berumahtangga start at age 9 in the year 623 AD or 624 AD , Aisha still newborns ( sibyah in Arabic ) at the time Surah Al - Qamar was revealed . According to the above tradition, Ayesha was actually appears that a young girl , not a newborn

when the revelation of Al - Qamar . Jariyah mean young girls who still love to play ( Lane 's Arabic English Lexicon ) .

Thus , Ayesha , has become jariyah not sibyah ( baby ) , so has aged 6-13 years at the time of the decline in surah Al - Qamar , and therefore it is definitely 14-21 years old when the Prophet dinikah .

CONCLUSION : This history is also a history of marriage mengkontra 9 year old Aisha .

Evidence # 7 : Arabic Terminology

According to Ahmad ibn Hanbal of history , after the death of the Prophet 's first wife , Khadija , Khaulah came to the Prophet and the Prophet advised to marry again , the Prophet asked him about the choices they have in mind Khaulah . Khaulah said : " You can marry a virgin ( bikr ) or a woman who never married ( thayyib ) " . When the Prophet asked about the identity of the girl ( bikr ) , Khaulah named Aisha .

For those who understand Arabic will soon see that bikr word in Arabic is not used for a young girl of 9 years old .

The correct word for a young girl who still likes to play is , as stated upfront , is as perpetual . Bikr other hand , is used for a woman who is not married and have not had any experience with wedding engagement , as we understand it in English " virgin " . Therefore , it seems clear that a young girl of 9 years is not a " woman " ( bikr ) ( Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal , Vol . 6 , p .. 210 , Arabic , Dar Ihya al - turath

al - ` arabi , Beirut ) .

Conclusion : The literal meaning of the word , bikr ( girls ) , in the above hadith is " adult woman who has not had a sexual experience within marriage . " Therefore , Ayesha was an adult woman at the time menikahnya .

Evidence # 8 . Text Quran

The entire Muslims agree that the Quran is a book of instructions . So , we need to seek guidance from the Quran to clear the fog of confusion created by the narrators in the classical period of Islam regarding the age of Aisha and her marriage . Does the Quran allow or disallow marriage of an immature child 7 years old ?

There are no verses that explicitly allow such marriage . There is a verse , which, however , which led Muslims in educating and treating orphan . Quran instructions about orphans is also valid treatment applied to our own there own children .

The verse says : And do not leave it to the people who have perfect minds , treasure ( those in your jurisdiction ) that serve God as a staple of life . Give them shopping and clothes ( from the treasure it ) and say to them good words . (Qur'an 4:5 ) And

Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage .

Then when do you think they have been smart ( clever maintain the property ) , the treasure - Commit to them his property . ? ? (Qur'an 4:6 )

In the case of a child whose parents ditingal , A Muslim

instructed to ( a) feed them , ( b ) to clothe , ( c ) educate them , and ( d ) test them thd maturity " until the age of marriage " before entrusting them with financial management .

Here, the verses of the Qur'an states about the quickness of a rigorous proof of the level of intellectual and physical maturity by objective test results before entering the age of marriage and to entrust the management of treasures to them .

In the above verse is very clear , none of the responsible Muslim would hand over financial management to a young girl aged 7 years . If we can not trust a young girl aged 7 years in financial management , the girl is not qualified intellectually and physically to get married . Ibn Hanbal ( Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal , vol.6 , p . 33 and 99 ) states that Aisha 9 year old was more interested in playing with toys rather than take on the task as a wife .

It is therefore very difficult to believe , that Abu Bakr , a Muslim leader , would betroth his young son aged 7 epidemic with 50-year -old prophet .. Same

difficult to imagine that the Prophet married a young girl seven years old .

An other important tasks in keeping the child is educated . Let us raise a question , " how many of us believe that we can educate our children with satisfactory results before they reach the age of 7 or 9 years ? " The answer is a big Zero .

Logic we say , is not possible with the task of educating our children satisfactorily before they reach the age of 7 years , then how can we believe that where Aisha had been trained as perfect at the age of 7 years as claimed as the age of marriage ?

Abu Bakr is a much wiser than us, so he will feel in his heart that Aisha was still a child who has not been perfect as the Koran. Abu Bakr would not marry Ayesha to one . If a marriage proposal from a young girl and has not been satisfactorily educated came to the Prophet , he

will resist firmly because it defies the laws of the Koran .

CONCLUSION : Marriage Aisha at the age of 7 years will defy the laws of the Koran stated maturity . Therefore, the story of a young girl Aisha marriage 7 -year -old is a mere myth .

Proof # 9 : Consent in Marriage

A woman should be questioned and asked to consent that her marriage did become valid ( Mishakat al Masabiah , translation by James Robson , Vol . I, p . 665 ) . Islamically , credible consent of a woman is a basic requirement for kesyahan a wedding .

By any stretch of the imagination, the permission given by an immature girl 7 years old can not be valid authorization for marriage .

It is not inconceivable that Abu Bakr , an intelligent man , would be hard to think and mananggapi about her 7 -year marriage approval ( his own ) with a man 50 years old .

Similarly, the Prophet may not receive approval from a girl who according to the hadith of Muslim , still likes to play with dolls when married with the Prophet .

CONCLUSIONS: The Prophet did not marry because the girl was 7 years old will not be eligible on the basis of an Islamic marriage of the wife's consent clause . Therefore , there is only one possibility Prophet married Aisha woman mature intellectually and physically .

summary :

No Arab tradition to marry a girl or a boy aged 9 years , no marriage Similarly, the Prophet Muhammad and Aisha when she was 9 years old . Arab people never objected to the marriage such as this , because it never happened , as the contents of some history .

Obvious , marriage history Aisha at the age of 9 years by Hisham ibn ` Urwah can not be regarded as truth , and contradictions with other narrations . Furthermore , there is no real reason to accept the history of Hisham ibn ` Urwah as true when other scholars , including Malik ibn Anas , see the history of Hisham ibn ` Urwah for in Iraq is not reliable .

Statement from Tabari , Bukhari and Muslim show they contradict each other regarding the age of marriage to Aisha . Furthermore , some experts narrators experienced an internal contradiction with its own history - history . So , history Aisha 9 years old when the marriage is not reliable due to the apparent contradiction in the classical record of the history of Islamic scholars .

Therefore , there is no absolute reason to accept and trust the 9 year old Aisha when she married as a truth caused quite a lot of background history to reject TSB and more appropriately referred to as a mere myth . Moreover, the Quran rejects the marriage of girls and boys who have not grown as not feasible to impose on them the responsibility - responsibility .