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December 20, 2005
Opinion: Muhammad and Aisha
Hugh Fitzgerald writes excellent opinion pieces over at Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch. Today's piece on Mohammad's marriage to Aisha should not be missed: Fitzgerald: Muhammad and Aisha
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64: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).I quote Bukhari directly because one of the elements in Muslim apologetics is to deny Aisha's age -- to make references to "it isn't clear how old she was" or "some sources say she was 18 or 19." This is nonsense, and the speaker knows it is nonsense when he utters it to the credulous Infidels at Mosque Outreach gatherings and Muslim-Christian or Muslim-Jewish "Dialogues." All too often, of course, these "dialogues" become Muslim monologues, delivered so sweetly, with furrowed brows and expressions of sincerity.
Aisha was 6 when betrothed, nine when she had sexual intercourse with Muhammad. Muslims like to insist that he was not a "pedophile" because, you see, "pedophiles" do not marry older women, and most of Muhammad's 9 or 11 (but who's counting?) wives were not pre-adolescent. Robert Spencer and others have noted that his behavior was not unusual for the place and time in which he lived. But they have also noted that as uswa hasana, a model for all time, whatever Muhammad does is what Muslims must do, throughout time and space. There is no better pattern for life than the example of Muhammad, al-insan al-kamil, the Best of Men, to be emulated by all Muslims. Apologists for Islam today, Muslim and non-Muslim, try to explain away what he did as "of the period" and then, in the next breath, the same soothing spokesmen insist that his business with Aisha, or the way he treated prisoners, or had others treat them, is valid and worth emulating for all time. Which is it?[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at December 20, 2005 8:53 AM
Comments
The ignorance of this piece is quiet sad. There is a historical inacuracy for a Prophet known for justice, kindness and truth to consumate marriage with a 9 year old. The same Muhammed who married an older more powerful woman and was loyal to her for over two decades, never remarried. Its a shame that people like you who know how to write write bull. And if Aisha was really so traumatized, how come she fought battles and became one of the leading authorities on Islam. She was known to be his most favored companion, how could a girl raped at 9 have any reverence for the man. Get a life.
Posted by: AS at December 21, 2005 5:53 AM
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