Caodemarte wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:59 pm
davidbrainerd wrote:....Its from their own books. The only thing they dispute is whether she was 6 or 9, because apparently their sources are contradictory on that point.
No, that is simply not true. What is the motive for this stream of unreasoning hatred?
Hello.
I'll quote the original texts. Note that the islamic canonical scriptures are the Quran, which is the highest authority; the hadiths, of which the Sahih Al Bukhari and the Sahih Muslim are the most reliable; and the Sira, the biographies of Muhammad. These hadiths quoted below are classified as sound, or reliable.
"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." Sahih al-Bukhari Book 58 Hadith 234.
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/58/234
"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 al-Bukhari Book 58 Hadith 236
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/58/236
"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 al-Bukhari Book 62 Hadith 64
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/62/64
"'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age of nine. She further said: We went to Medina and I had an attack of fever for a month, and my hair had come down to the earlobes. Umm Ruman (my mother) came to me and I was at that time on a swing along with my playmates. She called me loudly and I went to her and I did not know what she had wanted of me. She took hold of my hand and took me to the door, and I was saying: Ha, ha (as if I was gasping), until the agitation of my heart was over. She took me to a house, where had gathered the women of the Ansar. They all blessed me and wished me good luck and said: May you have share in good. She (my mother) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and embellished me and nothing frightened me. Allah's Messenger (, may peace be upon him) came there in the morning, and I was entrusted to him." Sahih Muslim Book 8 Hadith 3309
https://muflihun.com/muslim/8/3309
"'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (Peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and she 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." Sahih Muslim Book 8 Hadith 3311
https://muflihun.com/muslim/8/3311
If this does not generate excessive controversy, I will quote other original sources that describe several actions of someone unworthy of spiritual worship.
Añjali,
MP
'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' - Jhana Sutta