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Verse 65:4 has been used by islamophobes and some not very thoughtful clergy who claim Islam allows child/minor marriages and some fools go to the extent that intercourse with minors is justified based on errant interpretations of this verse. https://twitter.com/AaishaArshi/status/1305430044051828736
The verse is crystal clear verse with NO indication at all that it allows pre-pubescent marriages or consummation via intercourse. In the Quran balaghatu nikah is mentioned clearly especially in two places.
Verse 4:6 balagh al-nikāḥ is determined by mental maturity (rushd) آنَسْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَادْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ to the extent they should be able to manage wealth independently whilst Verse 6:152 adds body maturity (shudd) بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ The age of strength
Back to the verse 65:4 in contention
How did some of our clergy/ulema come to the conclusion those 'who have no menstrual periods’ are being referred to as minors or children or prepubescent. This shows that some traditional religious scholars are deprived of basic earthly knowledge
and that traditional religious scholarship without any elementary acquaintance to affairs of the world in different fields can lead to very errant interpretations and misguidance for the ummah
ALL medical students who do only a few weeks of rotations in (O&G medicine) as part of their degree know that fully grown, mature and adult women sometimes never menstruate and it is not that uncommon for delayed menses or absent menses to be investigated despite maturity
This could be due to medical problems (primary amenorrhea/never menstruated) or if they may have had periods before may later menstruate very irregularly sometimes going months without periods (secondary amenorrhea). Some causes of absent menses in picture below.
Another image of causes anyone can search
May Allah s.w.t save this ummah from irrationalities. Maybe the scholars of past did not have exposure to ilm as there was no information or books on medical topics or maybe scholars did not indulge in seeking information about female maturation and the issues around their bulugh
But in todays time if a modern muslim scholar pleads ignorance to basic knowledge whilst interpreting verses and says intercourse with minors after nikah is allowed then he should be shamed in public and such scholars license should be revoked for eternity.
There is one twitter daee who posted a shocker today that being 'plump and round' is enough of criteria to have intercourse with a minor because some classic faqih said I mean such people in todays time really needs mental faculties checked and to be kept away from young children
And Allah knows best.
