Child Marriage in the Qur'an: Difference between revisions

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===The Qur'an prohibits marriage to pre-pubescent females===
===The Qur'an prohibits marriage to pre-pubescent females===


Some Modern [[dawah|du'aah]] who publicly denounce the traditional sources often take issue with the interpretation of the wording of Qur'an 65:4 in these source. They see the verse as limited to women of current-day adulthood and not pre-pubescent women (again taking as a starting point modern modes of understanding "adulthood" for women.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Does verse 65:4 encourage child marriage?| author = Abu Amina Elias AKA Justin Parrott| work = Faith in Allah الإيمان بالله "Any practice that causes harm to children is unlawful in Islam."| date = | access-date = 6 January 2022| url = https://www.abuaminaelias.com/verse-65-4-child-marriage/| quote = }}</ref>. Qur'an 4:6 is often leveraged as part of this argument:
Some Modern [[dawah|du'aah]] who decry the traditional sources as endorsing pedophilia often take issue with the interpretation of the wording of Qur'an 65:4 in these source. They see the verse as limited to women of current-day adulthood and not pre-pubescent women (again taking as a starting point modern modes of understanding "adulthood" for women.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Does verse 65:4 encourage child marriage?| author = Abu Amina Elias AKA Justin Parrott| work = Faith in Allah الإيمان بالله "Any practice that causes harm to children is unlawful in Islam."| date = | access-date = 6 January 2022| url = https://www.abuaminaelias.com/verse-65-4-child-marriage/| quote = }}</ref>. Qur'an 4:6 is often leveraged as part of this argument:


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