Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law.
Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said in January 2018 that under Islamic law, girls as young as nine can marry.
“Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria
“There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law in many countries permits girls to marry only from the age of 18. This is arbitrary legislation, not Islamic law.” — Dr. Abd Al-Hamid Al-‘Ubeidi, Iraqi expert on Islamic law
There is no minimum age for marriage and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” — Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council
“Islam does not forbid marriage of young children.” — Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology
These authorities say these things because hadiths that Muslims consider authentic record that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)” (Bukhari 7.62.88).
Another tradition has Aisha herself recount the scene:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became all right, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. (Bukhari 5.58.234).
Muhammad was at this time fifty-four years old.
Marrying young girls was not all that unusual for its time, but because in Islam Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21), he is considered exemplary in this unto today. And so in April 2011, the Bangladesh Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini declared that those trying to pass a law banning child marriage in that country were putting Muhammad in a bad light: “Banning child marriage will cause challenging the marriage of the holy prophet of Islam, [putting] the moral character of the prophet into controversy and challenge.” He added a threat: “Islam permits child marriage and it will not be tolerated if any ruler will ever try to touch this issue in the name of giving more rights to women.” The Mufti said that 200,000 jihadists were ready to sacrifice their lives for any law restricting child marriage.
Likewise the influential website Islamonline.com in December 2010 justified child marriage by invoking not only Muhammad’s example, but the Qur’an as well:
The Noble Qur’an has also mentioned the waiting period [i.e. for a divorced wife to remarry] for the wife who has not yet menstruated, saying: “And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women, if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated” [Qur’an 65:4]. Since this is not negated later, we can take from this verse that it is permissible to have sexual intercourse with a prepubescent girl. The Qur’an is not like the books of jurisprudence which mention what the implications of things are, even if they are prohibited. It is true that the prophet entered into a marriage contract with A’isha when she was six years old, however he did not have sex with her until she was nine years old, according to al-Bukhari.
Other countries make Muhammad’s example the basis of their laws regarding the legal marriageable age for girls. Article 1041 of the Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran states that girls can be engaged before the age of nine, and married at nine: “Marriage before puberty (nine full lunar years for girls) is prohibited. Marriage contracted before reaching puberty with the permission of the guardian is valid provided that the interests of the ward are duly observed.”
According to Amir Taheri in The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution (pp. 90-91), Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini himself married a ten-year-old girl when he was twenty-eight. Khomeini called marriage to a prepubescent girl “a divine blessing,” and advised the faithful to give their own daughters away accordingly: “Do your best to ensure that your daughters do not see their first blood in your house.” When he took power in Iran, he lowered the legal marriageable age of girls to nine, in accord with Muhammad’s example.
And regarding spousal abuse, the Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Muhammad’s child bride, Aisha, says in a hadith that Muhammad “struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: ‘Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?’” — Sahih Muslim 2127
Another hadith states: “Rifa`a divorced his wife whereupon `AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. `Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah’s Messenger came, Aisha said, ‘I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!’” — Sahih Bukhari 7.77.5825
“Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy face federal charges for alleged sex acts with minor and spousal abuse,” The Post Millennial, September 22, 2021:
Two evacuees from Afghanistan will face federal charges for crimes allegedly committed at Fort McCoy.
Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with attempting to engage in a sexual act with a minor through the use of force. The victim was not yet 16 years old, according to an indictment.
Mohammad Haroon Imaad, 32, is charged with assaulting his spouse by strangling and suffocating her. The indictment alleges that the assault occurred on September 7, 2021….
These cases are not related, according to a Justice Department news release…
mortimer says
Mohammad Haroon Imaad, 32, who strangled and suffocated his spouse could get 30 years.
Welcome to the USA. (sarc/off)
Afghastlistan is one of the most conservative Islamic countries. Most Afghans have a very high level of Islamic brainwashing. The honor/shame culture is accepted as an unchallengeable fact of life.
Michael Copeland says
“These cases are not related….”, said the Justice Department.
No, but the ideology is common to both.
Kesselman says
The ongoing impeachment against the former Danish minister of integration (European liberal), Inger Støjberg circles around this exact issue. She followed the current Danish law which forbids sexual relations btw an adult and a minor (18 yr or above). But as elsewhere in the West, the appeasement policy towards Islam is penetrating the law and common decency.
Kesselman says
In reality, the impeachment case is a show trial to make a statement for all non-consensus seekers.
spiro says
And were bring more this evil into our country
Apparently it’s up to us to protect our women our government has turned against us
Yes I know it took place at Ft McCoy.
But they will be resettled.
Check Burry says
As expected, true to form. We would be better if they had stayed in afgastlystan.
Richard Watson says
Hate to say this – “But told ya so!”
roberta says
Only gets worse from here. Much worse. And of coarse we will be forced to hear about the expected backlash against the good muslims every time they rape a kaffir girl/boy.
Old whitey will always be the problem.
Infidel says
Good job, Comrades Joe/Blinken/Milley/Austin on bringing all those Afghans here, while ignoring US citizens still trapped there
Peacelover says
This above in Wisconsin,then a Ohio man wanting to commit Jihad after converting to Islam,it’s just gonna’ keep getting worse. We let them in then dimwits converting to it,all so sad(yes,understatement I know)
somehistory says
Well, that didn’t take long. A few days in the new place and they are behaving as if they are still in the old place.
How many males adherents of islam… believe it’s a good idea and their “right” to rape children, murder family members, beat and strangle their wives…even if they have several…for any old reason or no reason?
All of them.
How many male mozlums have been flown here? Thousands.
So, biden and company, directed by ‘o,’ have brought in thousands of mozlum males of various ages who believe it is their ‘right’ and obligation to rape, beat, strangle, murder for their fake ‘god,’ fake ‘prophet,’ and for the sheer demonic pleasure it brings their psychopathic souls.
Giacomo Latta says
Every woman, or girl, not wearing a hijab or a burqa is fair game to these individuals according to their rule book so what do you expect? Obviously a little brainwashing in another direction is required.