yep I agree with you Gilberto. It could be that at a young age this woman recognised the purity and specialness of the Prophet and was therefore very willing to marry Him.
Times and habits and way of thinking and mores were completely different then. Plus, the Prophet was a very special person. with love, janine --- Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sources indicate that the nikah didn't occur > until after puberty. > In Islam, that's when a person becomes an adult. > What other definition > of "woman" are you using? > > Peace > > Gilberto > > > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:59:53 -0500 (EST), Iskandar > Hai, M.D. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm saying that when a 53-year old male marries a > 20-30 year old female, > > he has married a "young woman", and when he > marries a female who is > > barely 18 he then has married a teenager. When a > 53-year old male > > "marries" a female who has just barely tuned 9 > lunar years, it is not > > accurate to say that he married a "young woman", > Gilberto. > > > > The thing is, dear Gilberto, that if a 50-year old > male now decides to > > "consummate a marriage" with a ten-year old girl > he cannot do that in > > 2005 in most any place now. He cannot argue that > he has her consent and > > her parents' consent, that she is happy with it, > that she is > > physically/emotionally mature, that she has had > her menses, etc., etc. > > He just can't call it "marriage". > > > > Since we are talking about the Prophet Muhammad > PBUH, I'd prefer not to > > comment on the morality (or lack thereof) of this > specific issue. > > > > Regards, > > Iskandar > > > > Quoting Gilberto Simpson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > > > I'd say a "child" of around 7 or 9 lunar years > of age is a more > > > accurate > > > > term than "young woman" when she marries a > person 50 years older > > > than her. > > > > > > She is what she is whether she is married or > not. > > > > > > > She was barely 18 when she became a widow, and > could not marry > > > again ever. > > > > > > So what are you ultimately trying to say? > > > > > > Peace > > > > > > Gilberto > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Iskandar > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the > message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > > Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > -- > > > "My people are hydroponic" > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message > body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
