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The Bible on marriage of young girls with much older men
As it is Christian evangelistsand other believers in the Bible who
have been bitterly reviling the Holy Prophet Muhammad on account of
his marriage with Aisha, we put to themthe practices of the great
patriarchs and prophets that are recorded in the Bible itself in this
connection. The main accusations regarding the marriage of Aisha are
that she was too young in age while the Holy Prophet was a much older
man, being fifty years of age, and that consent to marriage was either
not obtained from her or she was not capable of giving it.
Abraham
In the book of Genesis in the Bible it is recorded about Abraham:
"Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an
Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;so she said to Abram, 'The Lord has
kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I
can build a familythrough her.' Abram agreed to what Sarai said. So
after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took
her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his
wife. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. … So Hagar boreAbram a
son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram
was eighty-six yearsold when Hagar bore him Ishmael." (Genesis,
chapter 16, verses 1–4, and 15–16, New International Version. Bolding
is mine.)
Firstly, it is evident that as Abraham (who then had the name Abram)
was 86 years old, Hagar must havebeen some fifty years younger than
him, and probably even younger, to bear a child. Secondly, the Bible
speaks of Sarai givingher maidservant Hagar to Abraham. So Hagar's
consent was not obtained but rather she was commanded by Sarai to go
and become Abraham's wife.
David
The first book of Kings in the Bible begins as follows:
"When King David was old and well advanced in years,he could not keep
warm even when they put coversover him. So his servants said to him,
'Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of
him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.'
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found
Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The girl was very
beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king
had no intimate relations with her." (1 Kings, chapter 1, verses 1–4,
New International Version. Bolding is mine.)
So there seems nothing wrong, according to the Bible, in procuring a
young virgin, again apparently without her consent, whose duties
include lying with the elderly king in bed. The intention was
certainly for sexual enjoyment, otherwise there was no necessity of
looking for a young, beautiful virgin.

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Maulana Muhammad Ali writes in a footnote under this report:
"It should also be noted that Aisha joined the Holy Prophet's
household only one year before the battle of Uhud. According to the
common view she would be only ten years of age at this time, which is
certainlynot a suitable age for the work she did on this occasion.
This also shows that she was not so young at this time." [12]
If, as shown in the previoussection above, Aisha was nineteen at the
time of the consummation of her marriage, then she would be twenty
years old at the time of the battle of Uhud. It may be added that on
the earlier occasion of the battle of Badr when some Muslim youths
tried, out of eagerness, to go along with the Muslim army to the field
of battle, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sent them back on account of
their young age (allowing only one such youngster, Umair ibn Abi
Waqqas, to accompany his older brother the famous Companion Sa'd ibn
Abi Waqqas). It seems, therefore, highly unlikely that if Aisha was
ten years old the Holy Prophet would have allowed her to accompany the
army to thefield of battle.
We conclude from all the evidence cited above that Aisha (may Allah be
pleased with her) was nineteen years old when she joined the Holy
Prophet as his wife in the year 2 A.H., the nikah or betrothal having
taken place five years previously.

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Story - :-> The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: “Iman is to believe in Allah,His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and the Decree; the good thereof and the bad.” [Muslim]

This is a true story that happened in Egypt (relatedby Shaykh Wahid
'Abd al-Salam Bali in his lecture ):
A young man flagged down a taxi in order to take his ill mother to the
hospital. They both got in and the driver made his way to the
hospital. However, on the way, the son asked for the taxi to bestopped
so that he could get out and quickly get some medication for his
mother. As he was away, the mother's health suddenly plummeted and
subhan'Allah, the driver noticed the signs of death on her. He
immediately went to her side and guided her through the Shahadah
(testimony of faith), in accordance to the hadith: "Whoever's last
words are la ilaha illa'Allah (there is no God but Allah), will enter
Paradise." [Abu Dawud]. The mother looked at the driver acknowledging
it, and finally she uttered the words of faith before breathing her
very last.
When the son returned, thedriver informed him of the news. The son
went into a natural hysteria whereupon the driver consoled him saying,
" Don't worry, I helped her utter the Shahadah and shesaid it in a
clear voice." The son then exclaimed, "What! Why did you do that?
Don't you know we are Christians?!"
Subhan'Allah, the wonders of the Qadr (Decree) of Allah. You just
don't know where it will take you and what your last words/deeds will
be. This was a Coptic Christian mother in the throes of death and
Allah saved her just in time. May Allah grant us all a good end,
ameen.
The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: "Iman is to believe
in Allah,His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and the
Decree; the good thereof and the bad." [Muslim]

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Story - :-> Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush.

A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits.
The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping
suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The
youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled
itout. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant.
The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.
"Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy
had to use all his strength to pull it out.
"Now take this one out," said the old man, indicating a guava tree.
The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not
budge.
"I – It's impossible," said the boy, panting with the effort. "So it
is with bad habits," said the wise.
Moral ♥ :"When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when
they take hold they cannot be uprooted."
The session with the old man changed the boy's life.

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