Did  Muhammad really married a 9 years old gril ?
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he "married" her when she was 6 years old. He "consumated" the marriage (some term this rape) when she was 9 years old
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he married a SIX year old girl, and then "consumated" that marriage at age NINE!! (some call this child rape)\n\nthe poster below denies this, however it is clearly written in muslim texts...
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No i dont, he never said something that was false he was a messenger from almighty God to all mankind.\n\n\n" And Muhammad is no more than a messenger; the messengers have already passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels!s, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least and Allah will reward the grateful. "\n\nthe Holy Qur'an\n\n\nmore of it replying back on the racist answers here\n\n" Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you (people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy, after the Truth hath become Manifest unto them: But forgive and overlook, Till Allah accomplish His purpose; for Allah Hath power over all things. "\n\n002.109 \n\n\n\nNote: asking this question and saying you want only non muslims to answer is really bad because in this case you will see all negative and hater answers, i hope this was not what you wanted to see.
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It is not clear when Aisha was born. Most scholars calculate her age, by reference to the date of her marriage to Muhammad (622) and then subtracting her age at marriage. However, there are many theories as to her age at marriage.\n\nAisha was the daughter of Abu Bakr of Mecca. They belonged to the Bani Tamim clan of the tribe of the Quraysh, the tribe to which Muhammad also belonged. Aisha is said to have followed her father in accepting Islam when she was still young. She also joined him in his migration to Ethiopia in 615 CE; a number of Mecca's Muslims emigrated then, seeking refuge from persecution by the Meccans who still followed their pre-Islamic religions.\n\nAccording to the early Islamic historian al-Tabari, Aisha's father tried to spare her the dangers and discomfort of the journey by solemnizing her marriage to her fiance, Jubair, son of Mut`am ibn `Adi. However, Mut’am refused to honor the long-standing betrothal, as he did not wish his family to be connected to the Muslim outcasts. The emigration to Ethiopia proved temporary and Abu Bakr's family returned to Mecca within a few years. Aisha was then betrothed to Muhammad.\n\nThe age of Aisha at marriage is an extremely contentious issue. On the one hand, there are several hadiths (said to have been narrated by Aisha herself) which state she was six or seven years old when betrothed and nine when the marriage was consummated. Other traditional material (hadith, sira, etc.) suggests that Aisha may have been anywhere from twelve to nineteen years old when she married.\n\nThere are three main points of view on this controversy.\n\nTraditionalist Muslims respect the authority of the hadith, the source of much Islamic law (sharia) and therefore accept the hadith collected by Bukhari which quote Aisha as saying that she was nine years old when her marriage was consummated. However, they usually share the widespread belief that sex with pre-pubescent children is wrong. Since Muhammad could not have done anything wrong, Aisha must have already undergone puberty. \nCritics of Islam accept the hadith stating that Aisha was nine, but do not agree that she was pubescent. They argue that claims that she was are contrary to science and motivated only by a wish to save Muhammad's character. (One critic accepts that she may have been pubescent, but still regards the marriage as deplorable [1].) Critics insist that Aisha was a young girl and that Muhammad, by having sex with her, became a pedophile. This criticism seems to be recent; older works contra Islam do not mention it. \nSome liberal Muslims are willing to reject the hadith included in Bukhari, insisting that Aisha must have been exaggerating, may have been unsure of her own age, or must have been misquoted. They point to other traditions, from Islamic historians such as Ibn Ishaq and Tabari, which would put her age at marriage as between fourteen and nineteen.\n\nThese traditions are from the hadith collections of Bukhari (d. 870) and Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875). These two collections are in general regarded as the most authentic by Sunni Muslims. This tradition is also found in Abu Dawud and Tabari.\n\nNarrated 'Aisha: The prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six. We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Harith Kharzraj. 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). 5:58:234 \nNarrated 'Aisha:
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Sure, an old friend whom I've actually known since elementary school did just that. They've been together for the better part of 30 years! I think they waited until they were out of college though before actually tying the knot though. Anyway, now they're happily married with (at last count) three kids. I think a lot of what ties them together is that they are both very devout practitioners of their religion (Roman Catholic).
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No, the Prophet did not marry 40 wives. He had nine wives and later were reduced to 4 after a command came in the Quran that 4 was the limit for those who can be fair, if not just one wife. Yes, his youngest wife was Aisha, and some reports imply she was 9 at the time but her age is a subject of debate amongst some Muslims. Many suggest she was older than that. \n\nNow, I don't understand why Mohammed's marriages are singled out when 1400 yrs ago this practice (polygamy and young marriage) was very common and accepted. You will not find any negative criticism even amongst his enemies of his time on this subject at all because he was very modest compared to them and the norms of society he lived in. Even Aisha had a suiter before Mohammed but things didn't work as planned, proof it was not uncommon. Mohammed's first marriage that is always overlooked was when he was 25 and his wife (a widow) was 15 yrs older than him. He had all his children from her and her death was one of the saddest moments of his life as she was the dearest person to him. \n\nHe remarried (10 yrs later after his wife's death) for the sake of spreading Islam .All his wives after that were a witness to the fact that no wife of his was more dear to him than his first wife (khadija). \n\n\nAs for Aisha she was the only virgin wife he had as the rest were either divorced, widows, older than him, had kids, ... We Muslims do not view Aisha as the (9 year old) she was young but you would have never guessed that as she was articulate, smart, and very mature, she became the first female scholar in Islam and contributed to the wealth of knowledge we know today in Islam for her contribution in narrating a huge collection of the hadith. She died in her early 50's and use to lecture men and women about Islam after Mohammed's death..she even waged a war in her lifetime.\n\nAlso, if you take a look at the bible, you'll get to know that Prophet David, Jacob, Moses, and Solomon who was said to have hundreds(1 Kings 11:3) , polygamy was common amongst messengers of God. Even when Islam allows up to 4 wives less than 1% in the Islamic world actually practice it, and majority are in monogamous marriages. \n\nHere you can read more on this subject:\n\nThe Prophet's Multiple Marriages: Why?\nhttp://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503546160\n\n\nMuhammad's Wives (collective of links)\nhttp://www.islamonline.net/English/introducingislam/Prophet/ProphetWives/index.shtml\n\n\nGood day! and salaam.
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Muhammad was born around 570 C.E. in Mecca into the powerful Quraysh tribe and the respected Banu Hashim clan.  Muhammad was orphaned at a young age and so he had different caretakers throughout his formative years.  His father, Abdallah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, died before Muhammad was born and his mother Amina died when he was only six years old.  His grandfather Abd al-Muttalib took over his care, but died two years later.  From then on, Muhammad was cared for by his uncle Abu Talib.  \nMuhammad started out as a shepherd, but he eventually became a merchant.  In his twenties, he met Khadija, a wealthy widow, and became the manager of her caravan.  She was impressed with him because of his integrity and success as a merchant, so she proposed to him, and he accepted.  This marriage greatly improved Muhammad’s financial situation and may be considered somewhat of a turning point for him as up until that time he was a humble orphan.\nMuhammad grew to be concerned with some of the practices he observed among his fellow Arabs.  Some of the pre-Islamic Arabs buried infant girls alive, apparently to avert economic hardship and to avoid the risk of the daughter developing a bad reputation, which would be a scar on the family.  As an orphan, it is no wonder that Muhammad felt a special compassion for these infants, other orphans, widows, the poor, and other social outcasts.  \nMuhammad took to retreating on a regular basis to Mount Hira, where he would meditate inside of a cave.  It is here during one of these retreats that Muhammad the Prophet was born.  He began to receive revelations which frightened him terribly at first.  A voice told him that he was the messenger of God and eventually the presence revealed itself as the angel Gabriel.  Gabriel instructed Muhammad, “Recite!”  Muhammad objected that he was unable to recite, but when Gabriel insisted, he asked, “What shall I recite?”  Then Gabriel revealed to him the very first verses of what would come to be known as the Qur’an, meaning “recitation.”  Muhammad thereafter continued to receive verses until he died.\nHis wife Khadija believed in Muhammad’s message, and soon a few others also converted to the new religion of submission to Allah.  But by and large, in the early years of his Prophethood, the people of Mecca were angered by his teachings.  He criticized the religion of their fathers and had it not been for the protection of his uncle Abu Talib, Muhammad may have been greatly persecuted.  In fact the rest of the Muslims, who were mostly of lower classes, were persecuted to the extent that many emigrated to Abyssinia.  \nIn 619, Abu Talib died, leaving Muhammad without a protector.  His supportive wife Khadijah also died this same year.  These challenges and tragedies in his life did not deter the Prophet, and he continued to receive guidance from Allah.  In one of the most celebrated events of Muhammad’s life, he was sleeping near the Ka’ba when he saw the angel Gabriel come.  The angel cut Muhammad open, removed his heart and entrails, washed them in a golden basin, and placed them back into his body.  Then Gabriel brought Buraq, a magical horse, who took Muhammad on a journey through the sky to Jerusalem.  From there he was taken up through the seven heavens where he reached God Himself.  \nSome men from the city of Yathrib came to Mecca for the pilgrimage in 620, where they met Muhammad and were impressed with him.  They needed a strong leader who could arbitrate in their city, where the tribes were at war.  These men embraced Islam and invited Muhammad to be their leader.  In the year 622, several Muslims emigrated to Yathrib, which came to be known as Medina.  Muhammad himself escaped death to travel to Medina in that same year which was so pivotal that it marked the start of the Islamic calendar.  \nThis move was so important because it was in Medina that an authentic Muslim community, the umma could be established away from the danger of Mecca.
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Yes, I have know of Muhammad since my early teens.\n\nMuhammad (c. 570–632) (Arabic: محمد) (listen (help•info)), also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, and sometimes Mahomet (following the Turkish), is believed by Muslims to be God's final prophet sent to guide all of mankind with the message of Islam. He is referred to as "The Prophet" (Arabic: النبي) within the faith. Non-Muslims generally consider him to be the founder of Islam.\nAccording to traditional Muslim biographers, he was born c. 570 in Mecca (Makkah) and died on June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah). Both Mecca and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia. The name Muhammad means "the praised one" in Arabic.\nBorn Muhammad ibn Abdullah, he is said to have initially been a merchant who traveled widely.\nMuhammad often retreated to the mountains outside Mecca, for prayer and contemplation. Muslims believe that in 610, at about the age of forty, while praying in one of these mountain caves called Hira, he was visited by the Angel Gabriel who commanded him to memorize and recite the verses sent by God. These verses were later collected as part of the Qur'an. Gabriel told him that God (Allah in Arabic) had chosen him as the last prophet to mankind. He eventually expanded his mission as a prophet, publicly preaching a strict monotheism and warning against a Day of Judgement where all humans shall be held responsible for their deeds. He did not completely reject Judaism and Christianity, two other monotheistic faiths known to the Arabs; rather he said that he had been sent by God in order to complete and perfect their teachings. Many in Mecca resented his preaching and persecuted him and his followers. Muslims believe that this was in part due to his followers' holding Muhammad's authority above that of their leaders. Eventually, persecution followed and in 622, he was forced to flee from Mecca (the Hijra) and settled in Yathrib (now known as Medina) with his followers, where he was the leader of the first avowedly Muslim community. War between factions in Mecca and Medina followed, in which Muhammad and his followers were eventually victorious. The military organization that was created by this struggle was then set to conquering the other tribes of Arabia. By the time of Muhammad's death, he had unified Arabia, spread Islam throughout the Arabian Peninsula, and launched expeditions to the north, towards Syria and Palestine.\nUnder Muhammad's immediate successors, the Islamic empire expanded into Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, North Africa, and Iberia. Later conquests, commercial contact between Muslims and non-Muslims, and missionary activity spread Islam over much of the globe.\nSources\nThe main sources for biographies of Muhammad are found in Islamic documments such as the Qur'an, the Sira biographies, and the Hadith collections. While the Qur'an is not a biography of Muhammad, it does provide information about his life. The earliest surviving biographies are the Life of the Apostle of God, by Ibn Ishaq (d. 768), edited by Ibn Hisham (d. 833); and al-Waqidi's (d. 822) biography of Muhammad. Ibn Ishaq wrote his biography some 120 to 130 years after Muhammad's death. The third source, the hadith collections, like the Qur'an, are not a biography per se. In both the Sunni and Shia belief, they are the accounts of the verbal and physical traditions of Muhammad.\nSome skeptical scholars (Wansbrough, Cook, Crone, and others) have raised doubts about the reliability of these sources, especially the hadith collections. They argue that by the time the oral traditions were being collected, the Muslim community had grown and also fractured into rival sects and different schools of thought and each sect and school had its own sometimes conflicting traditions of what Muhammad and his companions had done and said. Traditions multiplied, and Muslim scholars made
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Because Allah gave you the false prophet Muhammed, who married little Aisha when she was 6 & he was 54...then when Aisha was 9 yrs old he scratched her private area to make her bleed,and proclaimed that she was a grown woman having her menstrual cycle so it was ok to have sex with her. He also murdered hundreds of Jews, later he accepted a dinner from the widow of one of the murdered Jews and she poisoned him.The Quran & hadiths make sex with animals, killing infidels, incest, jihad all acceptable.
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Aishah is not 6 years old!\n\nFact 1.\nAll 4 Saidina Abu Bakar with his wives ( 2 ) born b4 Islam.  His wives is Fateelah bt Abd Al Aza and Ummi i Rooman. He got 2 daughters and 2 sons. \nSaidina Abu Bakar + Fateelah = Abdullah ( boy ) & Asma’ ( girl )\nSaidina Abu Bakar + Ummi = Abd al Rahman ( boy ) & Siti Aisyah ( girl – Muhammad wife )\nTabrani said Siti Aishah born before 610 Masihi, and she married with Muhammad on 623 AD. It is mean Aisyah is 14 yo.\n\nFact 2\nIn Uhud war ( 625 AD / 3 Hijrah ), Rasulullah said who is under 15 yo cannot involve in Uhud war. And Aisyah involved in Uhud and Badar war. It is mean Aisyah already be teenager.\n\nUhud = 625 AD / 3 Hijrah\nAishah = x years old > 15 years old\nMarried with Muhammd = 1 Hijrah \nAishah = x years old>13 years old. ( when she married with Muhammad )\n\nFact 3\nBefore, Saidina Abu Bakar go to Habsyah ( 615 AD ),  he went to Mut’am house and he want Mut’am take Aisyah as a wife but Mut’am don’t want because Abu Bakar is already covert to Islam ( Aisyah is Mut’am fiancee ), and Mut’am canceled their engagement with Aisyah when Aisyah is 6. Aisyah married with Muhammad on 623 AD, and it is mean ( 623AD – 615 AD = 8 years + 6 years old = 14 years old ).\n\nFact 4\nAisyah is young 5 years than Fatima. Fatima born when Rasulullah is 35 years old ( 605 AD ). When Fatima is 18 years old, Rasulullah is 53 yo ( 623 AD ). And in history, Aisyah married with Muhammad when Fatima is 18 years old. It is mean ( 18 ( the age of Fatima ) – 5 ( Aisyah is 5 years young than Fatimah) = 13 yo ). It is mean Aisyah is 13 yo\n\nFact 5\nAsma’ ( Aisyah’s sister ) died on 73 Hijrah / 695 AD ( she is 100 years old ) and Aisyah is 10 years young than Asma’ ( Aisyah is 90 years old that time ). \nIf 73 Hijrah, Asma is 100 years old, it is mean on 1 Hijrah, Asma’ is 27 years old and Aisyah is 17 years old.  1 Hijrah, Aisyah married with Muhammad. It is mean Aisyah is 17 years old.\n\nBut, the possibility is Aisyah married with Muhammad when she is 14 years old. \nOn 6 years old, Aisyah break up with Mut’am.\nThe fact that Aisyah married with Muhammad when she is 6 years old just a myth. It is because people that time just collect the surah and they forget to write the fact of Muhammad and his life.
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Well, Adam lived to be 930 yrs old and Eve lived almost a long.  It was only later that God reduced the amount of years a man could love.  During this time they had many many sons and daughters.  And these sons and daughters married and reproduced as well.  I know what you're thinking; incest.  When God gave Moses the law He stopped immediate family members from marrying.  So, 930 years one can make a lot of babies.
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Absolutely, also a pedofile, some of his wives were under 10 years of age.  One was 8 years old.  He advocated a rein of terror.  Mostly towards women.
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Ok, you talk of "honesty". So now "honestly" tell me, do you want an answer to this? Or is it just another way to spread bigorty and hatred in the forum. \n\nAs for the paedophile bit, no one knows Aisha's age, when she got married. It could be anywhere between 9 to 16. Sources vary. And this was in an era, where 30 was considered old. We can't judge what may have happened 1400 years ago, by 21st century standards.
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Why are you calling Muhammad a pedophile. Just because he married a matured girl somewhere between the age of 9-13??\n\nthan what would you call Jesus?\n  You say Jesus was God. OK. Well, he impregnanted his mother at the age of 12-14. Than MAry gave birth to Jesus..\nWhat would you call that? Incest, Pedophile, Taboo?? Take your pick.
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he married a 6 year old girl then had sex with her when she was 9.\n\nhe was 53
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The Bible does not give an age, but yes, she was probably very young.  Most scholars believe that she was most likely between the ages of 12-14.
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this 9 years old girl was the first scholar woman in Islam. after Muhammad death she recorded almost 25% of his words and teaching. she was more as a student than a wife. Muhammad was a shy man, he couldn't answer women question so he used to give them to Ayisha. Muhammad and his followers were old in age, there must be some close people to carry the message of Islam to the next generation. this girl has played important role in carrying the message of Islam to the next generation.  and NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT SEX!  and porn should be ilegal. \n\nthat's for the guy who speak lies about Muhammad regarding the 9 years old girl.