Did Abu Bakr Approve Aisha’s Marriage to Muhammad

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Question:

Did Abu Bakr consent to the consummation of Aisha’s marriage with Prophet Muhammad? - A study of historical reports on Abu Bakr’s role in consenting to Aisha’s marriage to Prophet Muhammad and what it meant in tribal context. :::

Answer:

by following references:

Aisha R.A was sexually mature for marriage as mentioned from authentic sources

“Al-Dawudi said: “And Aishah’s body had been matured. [i.e. reached ‘good Youthfulness’ (Shabaaban husna)] – may Allah be pleased with her“ (“Sharh al-Nawawi” 9/207 [Explanation of Sahih Muslim]).

Aisha said: “When a girl [jaariyah] reaches [balaghat] 9 years old [tis’asineen] , then she is [fa hiyya] a woman [imra’ah] ” (Recorded in Sunan al “Tirmidhi”, Kitab al Nikah [Book on Marriage] 1027).

Malik (Ibn Anas), Imam Abu Hanifa and Ash-Shafi’ie (ALL respected scholars of Islam) have said: A Restriction Limit [arabic: hadd] (should be placed between marriage partners until maturity) that is able for (tuTeeq = able to handle) Sexual intercourse. (al jamaa’)

Al-Tirmidhi has narrated under a Hadith in his collection’s Book of Marriage, Chapter 18. It goes as: Sayyidah Aisha said: ‘When a girl is nine years old, she is a woman (meaning, she has attained puberty).’ (Tirmidhi, Hadith 1109)

Hence, it is amazing to see a person making so much effort in trying to malign other religions and prophets based upon HALF TRUTHS;

On one hand you rely on proof of the age of marriage from islamic sources - however on the other hand you IGNORE all the references from the same sources which point to the fact that there was a gap of 3 years between marriage and consummation of marriage and that this wait period was meant to give her sufficient time to develop as a women which was confirmed by Aisha R.A herself.

Lastly the success of her marriage and the love and affection between her and prophet saws till he breathed his last and even after that is Proof that all these allegations are nothing but means to obfuscate the truth and to divert the attention from the core concepts of Islam ie Islamic Monotheism