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First I wanna ask to you all show some respect and let me finish the story of 'Ayesha'. If anyone posts something irrelevant in this topic Ill ask the admin delete the post! Thank you! |
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Prophet Muhammad did not marry Ayesha when she was only 6 years old. Her parents offered marriage as was customary in their culture at the time. However the prophet dit not accept this and they waited a number of years before offering marriage to him again.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Next thing is, we have to understand that Islam is all about 'Rights and Limits'. The Quran clarifies what everyone's rights are and what the limits are as well.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
It was through this matrimony of marriage to the prophet, that we found the example of the meaning of the limitations set forth in the fourth chapter of the Quran, entitled ' The Women'. 'O you who believe! You are forbiddent to inherit women against their will'-Surah An-Nissaa' (4:19)
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Women around the world used to have no rights and men knew no limits in dealing with the women. One of the problems was that a man could marry off his daughter at any age and she could not refuse.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Prophet Muhammad was offered the marriage to Ayesha by her father and mother on more than one occassion. Once when Ayesha was only six. She was summoned by her mother to come into the house to hear the proposal of her father to prophet Muhammad. He did not accept this offer, even though it was customary at that time to do so, but as she was not yet of age.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Note: Her father is the one offering the marriage to his lifelong friend (Muhammad). The prophet did not marry her at the time and she says she returned back to place outside. She did not marry him and returned to her friends outside to play!
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
A few years later when she was old enough to marry according to Islam (she was able to bear children) she did accept the proposal of marriage and she did marry the prophet.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
We find that the girl must be old enough to have children and to be able to determine what her will is. The prophet married her at the age a girl can get married. That is, she was old enough to be considered eligible for marriage and having enough wisdom to mak such a choice even at her young age.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
Also, she was a virgin. This was to show muslims about how to treat the younger ladys, when they get married and not to rush into having sex with them until they are ready and fully prepared.
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@nancz | 19 January 08 | |
All of this is recorded in the hadeeths narrated by Ayesha herself in regard to the treatment that she received from the prophet. As a reward for her commitment to Allah and to Islam, Allah honored her in surah an-Nur by clearing her of any supicion of illegal sex with a companion, as some liars had charged against her. There were ten verses reveald in regard to this incident alone about Ayesha.
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