"I can well imagine that a girl of 9-10 can make up her mind on what kind of man she wants to marry. A child of that age can have also remarkable spiritual insight."
Dear Janine, Marriages then were rarely a matter of simple choice no matter what age you were, but by all accounts it was a happy marriage. "I have forgotten the story of Aisha, why the Prophet married her. I knew it once, but that was long time ago." I believe it was partly a favor to Abu Bakr, her father. There is a good deal of debate as to how old she actually was. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ 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]
