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Tehzibul-Tehzib, one of the most well known books on the life and reliability of the narrators of the traditions of the Prophet, reports that according to Yaqub ibn Shaibah: He (Hisham) is highly reliable, his narratives are acceptable, except what he narrated after moving over to Iraq (Tehzibul-tehzib, Ibn Hajar Al-asqalani, Dar Ihya al-turath al-Islami, 15th century. Vol 11, p. 50).
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It further states that Malik ibn Anas objected on those narratives of Hisham which were reported through people in Iraq: I have been told that Malik objected on those narratives of Hisham which were reported through people of Iraq (Tehzib ul-tehzib, Ibn Hajar Al-asqalani, Dar Ihya al-turath al-Islami, Vol.11, p. 50).
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Mizanul-aitidal, another book on the life sketches of the narrators of the traditions of the Prophet reports: When he was old, Hishams memory suffered quite badly (Mizanul-aitidal, Al-Zahbi, Al-Maktabatul-athriyyah, Sheikhupura, Pakistan, Vol. 4, p. 301). CONCLUSION: Based on these references, Hishams memory was failing and his narratives while in Iraq were unreliable. So,
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his narrative of Ayeshas marriage and age are unreliable. CHRONOLOGY: It is vital also to keep in mind some of the pertinent dates in the history of Islam: pre-610 CE: Jahiliya (pre-Islamic age) before revelation 610 CE: First revelation 610 CE: AbuBakr accepts Islam 613 CE: Prophet Muhammad begins preaching publicly. 615 CE: Emigration to Abyssinia 616 CE: Umar bin al Khattab
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accepts Islam 620 CE: Generally accepted betrothal of Ayesha to the Prophet 622 CE: Hijrah (emigation to Yathrib, later renamed Medina) 623/624 CE: Generally accepted year of Ayesha living with the Prophet
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EVIDENCE 2: The Betrothal According to Tabari (also according to Hisham ibn Urwah, Ibn Hunbal and Ibn Sad), Ayesha was betrothed at seven years of age and began to cohabit with the Prophet at the age of nine years.
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@leah.j | 2 February 11 | |
However, in another work, Al-Tabari says: All four of his (Abu Bakrs) children were born of his two wives during the pre-Islamic period (Tarikhul-umam wal-mamluk, Al-Tabari (died 922), Vol. 4, p. 50, Arabic, Daral-fikr, Beirut, 1979).
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@leah.j | 2 February 11 | |
If Ayesha was betrothed in 620 CE (at the age of seven) and started to live with the Prophet in 624 CE (at the age of nine), that would indicate that she was born in 613 CE and was nine when she began living with the Prophet. Therefore, based on one account of Al-Tabari, the numbers show that Ayesha must have born in 613 CE, three years after the beginning of revelation (610 CE).
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@leah.j | 2 February 11 | |
Tabari also states that Ayesha was born in the pre-Islamic era (in Jahiliya). If she was born before 610 CE, she would have been at least 14 years old when she began living with the Prophet. Essentially, Tabari contradicts himself. CONCLUSION: Al-Tabari is unreliable in the matter of determining Ayeshas age.
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EVIDENCE 3: The Age of Ayesha in Relation to the Age of Fatima According to Ibn Hajar, Fatima was born at the time the Kabah was rebuilt, when the Prophet was 35 years old... she was five years older that Ayesha (Al-isabah fi tamyizil-sahabah, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Vol. 4, p. 377, Maktabatul-Riyadh al-haditha, al-Riyadh, 1978).
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