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in response to reader comment: Muhammad and his child-bride Aisha bint Abu Bakr continued further

Submitted by Abdullah (Pakistan), Jun 30, 2009 at 02:35

I know no matter what i present you will not admit that it was not a wrong ACCORDING TO THAT TIME

Read this from a non-muslim

Arabs in the seventh century tended to reach adulthood at an earlier age than Westerners today
C. (Colin) Turner, Islam: The Basics, Routledge Press, p.34-35

And HER own words

Narrated by Aisha
When the girl reaches nine years of age, she is a woman.(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Kitab: al-Nikah, Bab: Maa Jaa'a fee Ikraah Al Yateemah 'alaa al tazweej)

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