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:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > -- "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com 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:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
