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Aisha, the Child Wife of Muhammad

The thought of an old man becoming aroused by a child is one of the most disturbing thoughts that makes us cringe as it reminds us of pedophilia and the most despicable people. It is difficult to accept that the Holy Prophet married Aisha when she was 6-years-old and consummated his marriage with her when she was 9. He was then, 54 years old.

Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 3310:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64
Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65
Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that 'Aisha remained with the Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death)." what you know of the Quran (by heart)'

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88
Narrated 'Ursa:
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).

Some Muslims claim that it was Abu Bakr who approached Muhammad asking him to marry his daughter. This is of course not true and here is the proof.

Sahih Bukhari 7.18
Narrated 'Ursa:
The Prophet asked Abu Bakr for 'Aisha's hand in marriage. Abu Bakr said "But I am your brother." The Prophet said, "You are my brother in Allah's religion and His Book, but she (Aisha) is lawful for me to marry."

Arabs were a primitive lot with little rules to abide. Yet they had some code of ethics that they honored scrupulously. For example, although they fought all the year round, they abstained from hostilities during certain holy months of the year. They also considered Mecca to be a holy city and did not make war against it. A adopted son’s wife was deemed to be a daughter in law and they would not marry her. Also it was customary that close friends made a pact of brotherhood and considered each other as true brothers. The Prophet disregarded all of these rules anytime they stood between him and his interests or whims.

Abu Bakr and Muhammad had pledged to each other to be brothers. So according to their customs, Ayesha was supposed to be like a niece to the Holy Prophet. Yet that did not stop him to ask her hand even when she was only six years old.

But this moral relativist Prophet would use the same excuse to reject a woman he did not like.

Sahih Bukhari V.7, B62, N. 37
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
It was said to the Prophet, "Won't you marry the daughter of Hamza?" He said, "She is my foster niece (brother's daughter). "

Hamza and Abu Bakr both were the foster brothers of Muhammad. But Ayesha must have been too pretty for the Prophet to abide by the codes of ethics and custom.

In the following Hadith he confided to Ahesha that he had dreamed of her before soliciting her from her father.

Sahih Bukhari 9.140
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said to me, "You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' Then you were shown to me, the angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), 'Uncover (her), and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' "

Whether Muhammad had actually such dream or he just said it to please Ayesha is not the point. What matters here is that it indicates that Ayesaha was a baby being “carried” by an angel when the Prophet dreamed of her.

There are numerous hadithes that explicitly reveal the age of Ayesha at the time of her marriage. Here are some of them.

Sahih Bukhari 5.236.
Narrated Hisham's father:
Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old.

Sahih Bukhari 5.234
Narrated Aisha:
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 Allright, 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
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And in another Hadith we read.

Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 41, Number 4915, also Number 4916 and Number 4917
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) married me when I was seven or six. When we came to Medina, some women came. according to Bishr's version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging. They took me, made me prepared and decorated me. I was then brought to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), and he took up cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at the door, and I burst into laughter.

In the above hadith we read that Ayesha was swinging, This is a play of little girls not grown up people. The following Hadith is particularly interesting because it shows that Ayesha was so small that was not aware what was going on when the Holy Prophet “surprised” her by going to her.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 90
Narrated Aisha:
When the Prophet married me, my mother came to me and made me enter the house (of the Prophet) and nothing surprised me but the coming of Allah's Apostle to me in the forenoon.

Must have been quite a surprise! But the following is also interesting because it demonstrates that she was just a kid playing with her dolls. Pay attention to what the interpreter wrote in the parenthesis. (She was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty)

Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151
Narrated 'Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)

Sahih Muslim Book 008, Number 3311
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.

The holy Prophet died when he was 63. So he must have married Ayesha when he as 51 and went to her when he was 54.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 33
Narrated 'Aisha:
I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had died three years before the Prophet married me, and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.

Khadija died in December of 619 AD. That is two years before Hijra. At that time the Prophet was 51-years-old. So in the same year that Khadija died the prophet married Ayesha and took her to his home 3 years later, i.e. one year after Hijra. But until she grow up he married Umm Salama.

In another part Ayesha claims that as long as she remembers her parents were always Muslims.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 245
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing in any religion other than the true religion (i.e. Islam),

If Ayesha was older i.e. 16 or 18 as some Muslims claim, she would have remembered the religion of her parents prior to becoming Muslims.

Now someone may still claim that all these hadithes are lies. People are free to say whatever they want. But truth is clear like the Sun for those who have eyes.

No sane person would be aroused by a 9-year-old child. Decent people wince at the thought of this shameful act. Yet some Muslims deny them. The question is why so many followers of Muhammad would fabricate so many false hadithes about the age of Ayisha, which incidentally confirm each other?

I can tell you why people would attribute false miracles to their prophet. Babis believe that Bab started to praise God as soon as he was born. There is a Hadith like that also about Muhammad. Christians believe the birth of the Christ was miraculous and the Jews believe Moses opened a dry passageway through the Red Sea. Believers love to hear these stories. It confirms their faith. There are many absurd miracles attributed to Muhammad in the hadiths, despite the fact that he denied being able to perform any miracles. But why should anyone fabricate a lie about the age of Ayisha that would portray his Prophet as a pedophile?

 

Read also:

Controversies About the Age of Ayesha

Moral Evaluations of the Marriage of the Prophet with Ayesha

When we say Muhammad had sex with 9 year old child, Muslims brush it away and bring all sorts of excuses to justify this shameful act. This is the nature of blind faith and cognitive dissonance. Maybe by visualizing it, some of them will would come to their senses and realize how evil this fiend they call prophet, was. There is not a single proof that this man was a prophet while there are tons of evidences that he was an evil man.


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Ali Sina is the editor of Faithfreedom.org. He is has contributed in 'Beyond Jihad - Critical Voices from Inside Islam'.  His latest book is Understanding Muhammad: The Psychobiography of Allah’s Prophet will be published soon.


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Name: Pedophile Mohammed
Date: Friday August 15, 2008
Time: 19:50:39 -0700

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The caricature in which Mo is standing in front of baby Aisha with his 'Lund' facing the girl is the most funny thing I have ever seen.... Mo is a pedophile....


Name: I Syeda Nureen,the best creation,producing the best Sura:
Date: Friday August 15, 2008
Time: 21:42:53 -0700

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There is no allah but DOG and muhammad is his poopoo.Pee Be Upon Him.


Name: vbv
Date: Saturday August 16, 2008
Time: 02:26:41 -0700

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Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! What a holy shit is this criminal Muhamad!!! According to zombie muslims "the best of men" , Allah's confidante,my foot! This conman has taken a billion zombies for a ride to satisfy his pedophailic lust, mani to rape women ,torture men ,murder,fornicate, commit incest with his daughter in law Zainab, and the list is endless. The most lecherous man in the history of humanity founding a filthy and barbaric cult - this camel shit eater and camel urine drinker! What a nauseating character? Yet the billion odd zombies venerate such a rascal! Akhter you know why islam is the fastest growing cult? More criminals find islam attractive ,justifying all their crimes in the name of that fake Allah and the piss drinker Muhamad - it is an easy passport to crime: loot,plunder,rape and stay backward!


Name: this shows how MO is sex maniac and animalistc
Date: Saturday August 16, 2008
Time: 03:48:13 -0700

Comment

this shows how MO is sex maniac and animalistc.How can a person called prophet of god(though MO self declared) do this meaningless phedophile animalistc act.He surely might have suffered from mental problems


Name: I like that!(Mohammed is his poo poo!)
Date: Sunday August 17, 2008
Time: 00:40:39 -0700

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("There is no allah but DOG and Mohammed is his poo poo." That made me laugh!!)THANK YOU FOR RE-POSTING THIS ARTICLE! I KNOW THE MOHAMMEDANS HATE IT BUT IT DESERVES TO BE RE-POSTED! CHARLES MANSON AND PEDOPHILES HAVE A MAN THEY CAN LOOK UP TO! MOHAMMED'S PENUS WAS PROBABLY JUST (BARELY!!!)A LITTLE TOO BIG FOR THE 6 YEAR OLD'S BUTT SO HE HAD TO WAIT TILL SHE WAS 9!


Name: all muslims who r ok with muhamed fuk 9 yr old...marry yr daughter at age 9 to 53 yr old muslim
Date: Monday August 18, 2008
Time: 00:43:16 -0700

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muslims give manyr eason for 9 yr aisha fuked by 53 yr old muhamed.i just say 1 fact...marry yr daughter at age 6 to 53 yr old and let him fuk yr daughter to this guy. do what muhamed di.dont fuking watse yr time here.


Name: Agree and disagree....
Date: Monday August 18, 2008
Time: 19:19:45 -0700

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Agree with the comment above that Mohammed was a gangster. Disagree with calling Christ a gangster. Anyone who would leave heaven to come down and die for our sins cannot be called a gangster!


Name: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE DEFENSE?!
Date: Monday August 18, 2008
Time: 19:28:18 -0700

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HOW COULD AN ISLAMIST POSSIBLY DEFEND MOHAMMAD'S FORCE MARRYING A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL AND HAVING SEX WITH HER 3 YEARS LATER?A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL SHOULD BE PLAYING WITH DOLLS AND HER FRIENDS. SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE FORCED MARRIED TO A LUNATIC!(PEE BE UPON HIM!. MOHAMMED ALSO WOULD TORTURE HUSBANDS IN FRONT OF THEIR WIVES! BUT, THIS IS AS BAD AS MODERN ISLAMISTS WHO WILL THROW GASOLINE UPON WOMEN(ONE WAS A 13 GIRL!), BURN HER ALIVE AND SAY IT WAS AN "HONOR KILLING." THIS IS JUST AS BAD AS MODERN DAY ISLAMISTS WHO WILL BRUTALLY KILL THEIR DAUGHTERS AND CALL IT AN "HONOR KILLING." LIKE LEADER, LIKE FOLLOWER I GUESS!


Name: Despite their best efforts...
Date: Thursday August 21, 2008
Time: 18:37:38 -0700

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Despite their best efforts, this article and others like it document mohammed's marrying a 6 year old girl. Muslim scholars have been forced to admit this. If I was named after this guy, I would change my name. See www.allaboutmohammed.com for more on Mohammed. Mohammed tortured his captives, killed them in front of their husbands and yes, married a 6 year old girl. Sure, she was a virgin at the time, she was only 6 years old. Mohammed had sex with her 3 years later.


Name: "sacred hadiths"
Date: Thursday August 21, 2008
Time: 18:42:09 -0700

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These hadiths are "sacred" in Islam and must be believed. If not, you are defying your own faith.


Name: Good try, but...
Date: Thursday August 21, 2008
Time: 19:08:01 -0700

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There were two long paragraphs by islamists that don't really say anything except that they are TRYING TO DISPROVE THEIR OWN HADITHS! LOL!! If you try to do this you are defying islam and matters well throw out all "sacred" hadiths!


Name: You can call me Kaafir - I dont care a camel's arse !
Date: Friday August 22, 2008
Time: 03:43:38 -0700

Comment

Looks like the Sixth pillar of Islam is "LIES". That is what the muzzies shamelessly fall back on to protect their hopeless religion and shameless prophet.


Name: To "Kaafir"
Date: Friday August 22, 2008
Time: 10:10:33 -0700

Comment

That's actually their second pillar. The first one is enslavement to women and violence. And, when their own hadiths prove mohammed did this then divert attention to it by attacking other people.


Name: Taz
Date: Sunday August 24, 2008
Time: 10:09:51 -0700

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Hadith is not word of God. So even authentic Hadith might have some error. No where in Quran it is mentioned that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) married a 6 year old. According to one tradition, Aisha was Born before her Father Embraced Islam. It makes her atleast 14 year old at the time of her Marriage , and she was approx 17 when she started living with Prophet. Allah knows the best.


Name: Kevin Mohammad
Date: Monday August 25, 2008
Time: 00:13:51 -0700

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It's not how evil The Profit was it shows how loving he was. He may have been a Pedaphile, but a Pedaphile is someone who loves children. It does not say he forced himself on her, she may have enjoyed it as do most young girls that start masturbating at a you age. 10,000,000 Romans can't be wrong. Who are you to tell a child they don't have the rights to their own sexuality


Name: Kevin Mohammad
Date: Monday August 25, 2008
Time: 00:45:34 -0700

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Mary had the baby Jesus when she was 12 years old, God was ok with that, does that makes you cringe as it reminds us of pedophilia and the most despicable people? My mother was married at 12 and my grandmother at 13. So your saying my father and grandfather were pedophiles and despicable people too. Age plays no part in marriage in Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc. it's about love, don't make it into something dirty. A man going and picking up a 10 year old prostitute is despicable.


Name: Evil Root & Evil Fruits
Date: Friday August 29, 2008
Time: 03:35:27 -0700

Comment

Jihadist Terrorist are Fruits , Islam is the Root. Whenever you destroy only fruits , it will never be end. Cause' The Root of Terrorism( islam) will produce much more fruits (Terrorist Jihadist). The Problem is not with Muslims, The Problem is islam Virus which transmitted to Human Brains by Qu'ran Book. So If we all want Peace without Jihadist Terrorist. All you (we ) have to do is To wide out the Root (islam). Without the Root of Terrorism (islam) . There will be no terrorist anymore. GAME OVER.


Name: Lisa A.
Date: Tuesday September 02, 2008
Time: 00:14:08 -0700

Comment

That's obvious a US or a jewish site. Claims can be made and doubts can created any time!


Name: Amanda
Date: Tuesday September 02, 2008
Time: 00:17:58 -0700

Comment

Thats funny...


Name: Abdul David
Date: Monday September 22, 2008
Time: 17:39:42 -0700

Comment

You guys are not really ex-muslims are you, you have no knowledge at all. Back then at the age of puberty people would marry a girl even non muslims did, it was the culture. Mary had Jesus at the age of 12, doest that make Joseph (he was way older than Mohammed) a Pedophile. Virgin Mary thats rubbish, I am a ex christian by the way.


Name:
Date: Monday September 22, 2008
Time: 17:47:09 -0700

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All this is crap, loads of mistakes in the article, such as mohammed asking the hand of ayesha "WRONG" it was her father asking the prophet. Also theres no evidence he had sex wih her. ISLAMOPHOBIA I THINK.


Name: All of you in Hell in Shallah execpt who is MUSLIM
Date: Tuesday September 23, 2008
Time: 15:55:10 -0700

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What do you know about Prophet Mohammed ? No thing you know only how to feet YOUR childern "Dog and cat" . We USED to know western stupied people are lazy who waiting for recieve anything bad about Islam to believe it. Hey western who blieved that Islam is torriest without knowing The history of ISlam. Sleep, sleep and sleep in like a log until afterlife suddenly occures and takes you "PAGEN" to hell. we will see who is going to go to the haeven. and who is going to laugh at each other


Name: Rizwan Sattar Mirza
Date: Sunday September 28, 2008
Time: 14:14:00 -0700

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Mohammad (Peace be upon Him) was the messenger of Allah. Allah is the God. God of the Universe and the God of Jesus. Jesus is also the messenger of Allah and is equally respected by us Muslims because he also said the same things that our prophet said. God has given us instinct to judge and believe things. Before making any final decisions, i request you to please only look into the real thing once. Once you do it then i promise that you will also start believing that Mohammad )peace be upon him) was the most complete and the most pious man even sent on the face of the earth. The words that you people are uttering will surely drag you to Hell. But before going in Hell you will see the bad things coming into your Life. Therefore, keep your heads cool, hearts clean and mind working. Use your own rather than being fed with ugly crap by others. May God help you and may He he shows you the right path. God bless you all.


Name: Tree Ardy
Date: Friday November 28, 2008
Time: 16:23:17 -0500

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isn't it funny that no single one muzzie which reacted to this article brought any evidence their blabla is more than their stupid wish? Hey muzzies, if hadiths have no value, where came sharia from? Oh, yes, I've forgotten noone is taking sharia as valid law, isn't he? (except few hundred millions of muzzies which are living in states, where they enjoy lashing, killing, and cutting hands exactly according to sharia.)


 
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