falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
There does not seem to be any limit on marriage in the Bible:
And yet most people in the West find child marriages repulsive. Could it be because they have no Uswa Hasana (an excellent model of conduct) who fudged a child?
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
In 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 14:3, King David had six wives and numerous concubines.
Not an Uswa Hasana.
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
In 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
Not an Uswa Hasana.
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
In 2 Chronicles 11:21, King Solomon's son Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines.
Not an Uswa Hasana.
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
The rocker Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year-old cousin legally in the US state of Arkansas.
Certainly not an Uswa Hasana.
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:37pm:
People seem to find it plausible that a 13 year-old Juliet wanted to marry Romeo.
Who cares?
falah wrote on Oct 18
th, 2011 at 11:46pm:
European Christians considered marrying 8 year-old girls acceptable!
Yes, that's right! Note the past tense. They CONSIDERED, not CONSIDER. The Shari'ah is Allah's laws, and everything else is man-made laws which evidently evolve with our morality. The world has moved on, but unfortunately Islam mostly has not.
And what is the reason why it too cannot evolve?
Sheikh Hamoud Hashim al-Tharihi:
Quote:Because this happened to the Prophet, we cannot tell people that it is prohibited to marry at an early age.
Sheikh Mohamed Ben Abderrahman Al-Maghraoui:
Quote:The marriage of nine-year-old girls is not forbidden because according to the Hadith (the Prophet Mohammed's sayings), Mohammed married Aisha when she was only seven-years-old and he consummated his union when she was nine.
Imam Sani:
Quote:Child marriage in Islam is permissible. In the Koran there is no specific age of marriage...[If the government imposed new laws against child marriage] There will be violent conflict from the Muslims, saying that 'no, we will not accept this, we'd rather die than accept something which is not a law from Allah.'
Shaikh ibn Baz:
Quote:...If she is married without her permission, by threat or coercion, then the marriage is not valid. The only exeption is in the case of the father and his daughter who is less than nine years of age. There is no harm if he gets her married while she is less than nine years old, according to the correct opinion. This is based on the messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) marrying Aisha without her consent when she was less than nine years old, as is stated in authentic Hadith..
Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini:
Quote:Banning child marriage will cause challenging the marriage of the holy prophet of Islam, who also married minor Ayesha, when she was just eight years old. The new law [seeking to ban child marriages] initiated by the current government [of Bangladesh] will put the moral character of the prophet into controversy and challenge. 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.
wikiislam(.)net/wiki/Contemporary_Pedophilic_Islamic_Marriages