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The narration regarding the Nikāĥ of Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها being performed with RasūlAllāh ﷺ when she was aged 6 and consummation aged 9 is, without doubt, Mutawātir. https://twitter.com/iamhamzaabbasi/status/1252324980559405058
Imām Úmar ibn Álī Ibn Mulaqqin al-Shāfiýī mentions regarding Mutawātir in his Tadhkirah fī Úlūm al-Ĥadīth:
“It is a report by a group which in itself warrants for its being truth.”
“It is a report by a group which in itself warrants for its being truth.”
In other words, it is a narration that is reported by a group of people at every level, and so well-known that it is inconceivable that they have conspired together to perpetuate a lie.
This narration is not only reported by more than 11 masters from the Tābiýīn directly from Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها herself but also from other senior companions such as Sayyidunā Ábdullāh ibn Masúūd رضي الله عنه.
Therefore, there is no doubt in the authenticity of this.
Therefore, there is no doubt in the authenticity of this.
As for the argument brought forth by the modernists that 6 refers to 16 and 9 refers to 19, then this lacks any evidence and has not been stated by any scholar in history, rather this has always been understood as 6 and 9 by all.
Not only does this explanation lack evidence and logic but also directly contradicts the explicit and authentic report in which Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها herself mentions that she was 18 when RasūlAllāh ﷺ left this world.
Imām Muslim records in his Şaĥīĥ, in the Book of Nikāĥ, Chapter: For a father to give a minor virgin girl in marriage:
“It is narrated from Áayishah that she stated RasūlAllāh ﷺ married her when she was a girl aged 6, and he consummated with her when she was a girl aged 9,
“It is narrated from Áayishah that she stated RasūlAllāh ﷺ married her when she was a girl aged 6, and he consummated with her when she was a girl aged 9,
and he passed away when she was a girl aged 18.”
Any person whom Allāh has bestowed with the blessing of intellect is able to see that she was 18 at the time of RasūlAllāh ﷺ leaving this world, therefore how could it be possible that it was consummated when she was aged 19?
Any person whom Allāh has bestowed with the blessing of intellect is able to see that she was 18 at the time of RasūlAllāh ﷺ leaving this world, therefore how could it be possible that it was consummated when she was aged 19?
Also, if the age of marriage is taken to be 16, then this would mean she was the wife of RasūlAllāh ﷺ for only two years. Anybody who has knowledge of the Noble Sīrah of RasūlAllāh ﷺ knows that this is simply not the case.
The only ages we are then left to accept are the literal and explicit ages mass-transmitted from Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها herself.
It has been asked:
“So how should we answer to people who raise the voice saying that how can prophet marry a child etc?”
This can be answered from many angles.
“So how should we answer to people who raise the voice saying that how can prophet marry a child etc?”
This can be answered from many angles.
The first and foremost being the fact that Allāh ﷻ is pleased with the marriage and RasūlAllāh ﷺ was given the glad tidings prior to it occurring.
Imām Muslim records in his Şaĥīĥ:
It is narrated from Áayishah that she said, “RasūlAllāh ﷺ stated, “I saw you in a dream for 3 nights; an Angel brought you to me in a silk cloth and he would say, ‘This is your wife.’ And when I removed the cloth from your face, behold,
It is narrated from Áayishah that she said, “RasūlAllāh ﷺ stated, “I saw you in a dream for 3 nights; an Angel brought you to me in a silk cloth and he would say, ‘This is your wife.’ And when I removed the cloth from your face, behold,
it was you, therefore I said, ‘If this is from Allāh, He shall bring it about.’”
Tāj al-Sharīáh Muftī Muĥammad Akhtar Riđā Khān al-Ĥanafī al-Qādirī al-Baraylawī al-Azharī was asked:
“Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها must have been older than 9 when married. In the battle of Badr, which was in 624 C.E, no-one was allowed under the age of 15,
“Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها must have been older than 9 when married. In the battle of Badr, which was in 624 C.E, no-one was allowed under the age of 15,
and when she participated it means that since she was married in 622, she must have been at least 13 when she got married.”
To which the answer given was:
“In the books of Sīrah and Aĥādīth it is recorded that the Nikāĥ of Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها with RasūlAllāh ﷺ took place and then her Rukhsatī took place at age 9 and there is no reason to reject this,
“In the books of Sīrah and Aĥādīth it is recorded that the Nikāĥ of Sayyidah Áayishah رضي الله عنها with RasūlAllāh ﷺ took place and then her Rukhsatī took place at age 9 and there is no reason to reject this,
some people reject this without any reason. In some circumstances and in the books of Fiqh the situation is that at 9 years of age a girl can become Bāligh and at 12 years of age if a boy, or a girl, states that I have become Bāligh and his apparent condition is evidence to this,
then it will be accepted and this is applicable to this. To reject this is mere foolishness and coercion, this has been recorded in the books of Aĥādīth and even more uncommon than this is that Sayyidunā Ámr ibn al-Áās and his son Sayyidunā Ábdullāh ibn Ámr, both are companions,
the age difference between the two is 11 years, when generally the age difference between father and son is of many years, therefore such things are not beyond the Qudrah of Allāh. To reject Aĥādīth based upon one's intellect, this is not appropriate for a Muslim.”
