Postby avowedly-agnostic » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:32 pm
Don't get me wrong here GG, I'm not particularly concerned with Mohammed and Aisha's relationship (although I think its's rather repugnant), I'm cheifly concerned with the implications it has for others given that Mohammed is seen as an example to be emulated.
Given that Aisha was indeed nine years old when Mohammed "consummated" their marriage (see hadith below), does that mean that Islam has no qualms about youngsters as young as nine having sex?
" Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death). "
(Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, No. 64)