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Prophet [[Muhammad]] married [[Aisha]] when she was [[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Aisha#Aisha.27s_Age_at_Consummation_and_Marriage|six]], and had [[sex|sexual intercourse]] with her while she still remained [[ | Prophet [[Muhammad]] married [[Aisha]] when she was [[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Aisha#Aisha.27s_Age_at_Consummation_and_Marriage|six]], and had [[sex|sexual intercourse]] with her while she still remained [[Muhammad and the Clinical Definition of Pedophilia|pre-pubescent]] at the age of nine [[Islamic Lunar Calendar|lunar years]]. This fact has been recorded many times in [[Sahih]] [[Hadith|ahadith]]. This article will discuss the [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] verse that allows [[Paedophilia]]. | ||
[[File:Women protesters.jpg|right|thumb|300px|March 23, 2010: Women protesters hold up copies of the Qur'an outside parliament in Sanaa while stating that a proposed law banning marriages under the age of 17 in Yemen is un-Islamic<ref>[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88589 YEMEN: Deep divisions over child brides] - IRIN, March 28, 2010</ref>]] | [[File:Women protesters.jpg|right|thumb|300px|March 23, 2010: Women protesters hold up copies of the Qur'an outside parliament in Sanaa while stating that a proposed law banning marriages under the age of 17 in Yemen is un-Islamic<ref>[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88589 YEMEN: Deep divisions over child brides] - IRIN, March 28, 2010</ref>]] | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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'''Yusuf Ali:''' Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months, and for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry (life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their burdens: and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.}} | '''Yusuf Ali:''' Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months, and for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry (life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their burdens: and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.}} | ||
Here the 'Iddah is prescribed to three categories of women: | |||
#First the phrase: “Yaisna min al-maheedhi” which means “those women who are desperate of menses” is an indication to women who reached the stage of menstruation but do not menstruate and of those who reached menopause. Desperate of menses underlines that it concerns women who though reached the age, fail to menstruate too. Their 'Iddah period is three months. | |||
#Next comes, “Wallaee Lam yahidhna” which means “those who have not menstruated yet” This group of females are pre-pubescent girls who have not yet menstruated. Here the 'Iddah prescribed for them is equal to the previous group of women (ie. three months). | |||
#Lastly, the women who are pregnant - their prescribed 'iddah is until they have given birth. | |||
The above translation of the verse masks the real meaning, so the verse has to be studied in [[Arabic]]. The actual meaning of this verse and its implications are explicitly endorsed by [[tafsir]]s as will be shown below. | |||
==Analysis of Verse in Arabic == | |||
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The Qur'an says in Arabic: | The Qur'an says in Arabic: | ||
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Lane's Lexicon, Volume 2, page: 322, 323<ref>[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/9_HAA.htm ح = Ha] - StudyQuran</ref>}} | Lane's Lexicon, Volume 2, page: 322, 323<ref>[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/9_HAA.htm ح = Ha] - StudyQuran</ref>}} | ||
Conclusion: | |||
* It is clear the verse 65:4 is given as a command to be followed (Jussive mood). | * It is clear the verse 65:4 is given as a command to be followed (Jussive mood). | ||
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== Tafsirs of the Verse == | == Tafsirs of the Verse == | ||
Only the relevant parts from the Tafsirs will be quoted, because quoting the tafsir's for the verse in their entirety will be space consuming and a waste of effort. What needs to be confirmed will be extracted from Tafsirs. If anyone doubts whether these have been quoted out of context, the reference is given on each | Only the relevant parts from the Tafsirs will be quoted, because quoting the tafsir's for the verse in their entirety will be space consuming and a waste of effort. What needs to be confirmed will be extracted from Tafsirs. If anyone doubts whether these have been quoted out of context, the reference is given on each tafsir so it can be verified by checking original sources. | ||
=== Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi === | === Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi === | ||
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The bold: “Those who have not menstruated yet” denotes those not menstruated because of being young. | The bold: “Those who have not menstruated yet” denotes those not menstruated because of being young. | ||
== Evidence from the | == Evidence from the Hadith== | ||
From Imam Bukhari in his book of Tafsir and hadith collections: | From Imam Bukhari in his book of Tafsir and hadith collections: | ||
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"and those who never had menses, their prescribed period is three months before puberty, which indicates that giving her into marriage before puberty is permissible."<ref>[http://hadith.al-islam.com/display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=7644 Al-Islam (Arabic text)]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?idfrom=9381&idto=9382&bk_no=52&ID=2847 IslamWeb (Arabic text)]</ref>}} | "and those who never had menses, their prescribed period is three months before puberty, which indicates that giving her into marriage before puberty is permissible."<ref>[http://hadith.al-islam.com/display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=7644 Al-Islam (Arabic text)]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?idfrom=9381&idto=9382&bk_no=52&ID=2847 IslamWeb (Arabic text)]</ref>}} | ||
==Recent | ==Recent Fatwas== | ||
IslamOnline.net is the sixth most popular Islamic website on the internet, according to Wikipedia. The following excerpt is taken from a December 2010 fatwa. | IslamOnline.net is the sixth most popular Islamic website on the internet, according to Wikipedia. The following excerpt is taken from a December 2010 fatwa. | ||
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The Iddah (waiting period) does not take place except after marriage.}} | The Iddah (waiting period) does not take place except after marriage.}} | ||
== Apologetic | == Apologetic Objections == | ||
=== The Qur'an prohibits marriage to pre-pubescent females === | === The Qur'an prohibits marriage to pre-pubescent females === | ||
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'''Literal:''' And they ask for your opinion/clarification in the women, say: "God decreed/clarifies in them (F), and what is read/recited on you in The Book in the women orphans/minors that lose their father, those who (F) you did not give them (F) what was written/dictated to them (F), and you desire that you marry them (F), and the weakened from the children/new borns, and that you take care of to the orphans/minors that lose their father with the just/equitable; and what you make/do from goodness, so that God was/is with it knowledgeable."<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://iknowledge.islamicnature.com/quran/surah/4/lang/englishliteral/|2=2011-11-27}} 4. An-Nisa - Women (سورة النساء) - Revealed in Madinah (English: Literal)] - IslamicNature, accessed November 27, 2011</ref>}} | '''Literal:''' And they ask for your opinion/clarification in the women, say: "God decreed/clarifies in them (F), and what is read/recited on you in The Book in the women orphans/minors that lose their father, those who (F) you did not give them (F) what was written/dictated to them (F), and you desire that you marry them (F), and the weakened from the children/new borns, and that you take care of to the orphans/minors that lose their father with the just/equitable; and what you make/do from goodness, so that God was/is with it knowledgeable."<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://iknowledge.islamicnature.com/quran/surah/4/lang/englishliteral/|2=2011-11-27}} 4. An-Nisa - Women (سورة النساء) - Revealed in Madinah (English: Literal)] - IslamicNature, accessed November 27, 2011</ref>}} | ||
In summary, when Muslims asked Muhammad who the "Nisa" were, he said they were the: | |||
# Orphans | # Orphans | ||
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Given that sexual activity among teenagers is common among many cultures, including Western ones, this appears to be the most reasonable interpretation. }} | Given that sexual activity among teenagers is common among many cultures, including Western ones, this appears to be the most reasonable interpretation. }} | ||
Given the evidence from the Islamic texts themselves, this interpretation is not the 'most reasonable' as asserted. We have ample [[ | Given the evidence from the Islamic texts themselves, this interpretation is not the 'most reasonable' as asserted. We have ample [[Muhammad and the Clinical Definition of Pedophilia|evidence]] that Muhammad (who is considered the [[Uswa Hasana|uswa hasana]] - perfect example) married and had sex with a pre-pubescent Aisha, we have evidence that [[Muhammad's Companions and Pedophilia|Muhammad's companions also did it]] and that [[Contemporary Pedophilic Islamic Marriages|Muslims to this very day]] are marrying pre-pubescent females and having intercourse with them. In none of these cases are the husbands comparable in age to the wife. So even though this is a ''possible'' interpretation, it is by no means the ''only reason'' that Muhammad revealed this verse - as evidenced also in the tafsir's provided above. Simply put, Muhammad did not specify an 'iddah for those whom menstruation was not present, so one had to be sent regarding these 3 groups of women. Nowhere in the Qur'an or the ahadith does it discuss teenagers marrying teenagers (ie. to 'explain' this verse) and all the evidence that we have points to [much] older men marrying and having sexual relations with pre-pubescent females. | ||
=== 65.4 talks only of the 'Iddah and not of sexual activity === | === 65.4 talks only of the 'Iddah and not of sexual activity === | ||
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*[[Contemporary Pedophilic Islamic Marriages]] | *[[Contemporary Pedophilic Islamic Marriages]] | ||
*[[Responses to Apologetics: Muhammad and Aisha]] | *[[Responses to Apologetics - Muhammad and Aisha|Responses to Apologetics: Muhammad and Aisha]] | ||
{{Translation-links-english|[[Pedophilie_dans_le_Coran|French]]}} | {{Translation-links-english|[[Pedophilie_dans_le_Coran|French]]}} | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{ | {{Reflist|30em}} | ||
[[Category:Qur'an]] | [[Category:Qur'an]] | ||
[[Category:Pedophilia]] | [[Category:Pedophilia]] | ||
[[Category:Islamic Law]] | [[Category:Islamic Law]] | ||