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Are you sure? Maybe a Muslim could offer some light about this.
Here’s some cites.
**Expert advice from Moslems
When is a girl considered in Islam to be a woman? **
Muslim experts cite that once a girl menstruates, she’s marriageable. This is based on the Koran…
When in Islam is a girl a woman?
The Koran
Sura At-Talaaq
65:4
“And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the 'Iddah (prescribed period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who have no courses (i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death] . And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.”
The Appropriate Age for Marriage
Question: What is the appropriate age for men and women to marry? Some of the young ladies of today do not accept to be married to men older than them and also some of the men do not get married from anyone older than them either. We hope for a response, may Allah reward you.
Response: I advise the young ladies not to refuse a man because of his older age. Even if he be ten, twenty or thirty years older, this is not a valid excuse. **The Prophet (peace be upon him) married Aisha when he was fifty-three years old and she was nine years old. Older age is not harmful. **
fatwa-online.com/fataawa/marriage/interview/9991018_20.htm
"It is the duty of parents to arrange the marriage of their children when they come of age. The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam has stressed that it should be taken seriously and with a full sense of responsibility. Abu Saeed Khudri and Abdullah ibn Abbas (R.A.) narrated that the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said “Whoever is blessed by the Creator with children should give them good names, a good training, teach them good manners, and **arrange for their marriage when they attain the age of puberty. ** If he does not pay due heed to it and fails to get them married, on reaching marriageable age (due to negligence) and they take to ways that are forbidden, the father will be held responsible for it.”
islam.tc/social_conduct/social_conduct_of_a_muslim.html#Responsibility of
"Islam teaches that female puberty begins when the menses is started. From Bukhari, volume 3, Book of Witnesses, chapter 18, page 513: "The boy attaining the age of puberty and the validity of their witness and the Statement of Allah: “And when the children among you attain the age of puberty, then let them also ask for permission (to enter).” Quran 24:59. Al Mughira said, “I attained puberty at the age of twelve.” The attaining of puberty by women is with the start of menses, as is referred to by the Statement of Allah: “Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them prescribed period if you have any doubts (about their periods) is three months… [65:4] …Al-Hasan bin Salih said, “I saw a neighbouress of mine who became a grandmother at the age of twenty-one.” [1] [1] The note for this reference says, “This women attained puberty at the age of nine and married to give birth to a daughter at ten; the daughter had the same experience.” My understanding of the above is that Islam considers that when a child “attains”, or begins, “puberty”, then he / she is considered an adult. Hence the validity of the witness. Muhammad followed a cultural norm in marrying and having sex with a young girl. After all, she was considered an adult. Not only did he do that, but he taught his followers to do as he did. Therefore is acceptable for Muslim men to marry and have intercourse with girls who have had their menarche. Muhammad established this cultural practice as a precedent in Islam. I add that there are other primitive cultures that allow girls to marry following their menarche. But that does not make it right or in the best interests of the child. Some cultures killed baby daughters for various reasons. Cultural norms do not make an action morally right”
exmuslim.com/com/puberty.htm
(this is an anti-Muslim site)
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