Intro

Much air and beans are being spilled regarding our Mother Ayesha’s age of marriage to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The intention of the haters of Islam is of course to bring down the reputation of the best person to ever have trod the earth: the Messenger and Beloved of Allah, Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). These attacks are fultile and boring, because not based on truth.

For those who are interested to hear the truth of the matter, which is from traditional Islam, we presnet here a few inspiring and informative videos of increasing length and some authorative texts for greater detail.

2a. A word of caution

When examining other cultures, especially those of many centuries ago, we should try and remove our social, automatic references. We should not superimpose our own mindset on other cultures. While we are all human beings and human nature does not change, the norms and customs of cultures do change, otherwise this approach (of looking at other cultures) will be unfruitful and eventually injust.

2b. Marriage, betrothal and consummation

So we have (1.) betrothal, the formal engagement to be married.
And we have (2.) consummation, making the marriage complete by having sexual intercourse. This should not be too difficult to understand, one would hope!

So in the case of Ayesha, she became (1.) engaged to be married at about 6 years, and she continued to be a child, playing in the street etc. Then when she got her period she was ready (2.) to marry and was taken into the house of the Prophet (the blessings and peace of Allah upon him). This was part of the culture and no-one complained. Also all over the world. Today it is different.

3. Videos

YT: Married At Nine – Aisha RA – Prophet Muhammad (5min)
(good simple graphics for main points.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIlm1JFyt8

YT: Who Is Aisha? | Lesley Hazleton (6min)
(Good! Except for her last sentence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y30nzIR6S8

YT: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Marriage To Aisha Explained – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (10min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8eeHRAIaIc

YT: Ending the Debate on Aisha (ra)’s Age – Sh. Omar Suleiman | Lecture (59min)
(25:25 – How normal was the engagement of Aisha to the Prophet ﷺ?)
(53:26 – Other opinions about her age)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gDTh-6X9vo

YT: Our Mother, Our Teacher (Aisha bint Abu-Bakr) – Women of Paradise – Sh. Omar Suleiman (14min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flgYPlycrVs

4. Texts on Living Islam – Islamic Tradition

By barkan.crypto @ronnie_barkan

Pages 30-31,81-82,93-94,217-218 are the reason why the @Amnesty report on the crime of #apartheid by the Zionist race-state is a monumental event.

It was preceded by the just as monumental publication of Prof Tilley & Falk’s phenomenal UN ESCWA report.

All the rest is fluff.

It is 1948 not 1967 that determines the #apartheid nature of the state.

What took @Amnesty so long until it stopped parroting the libzionist propaganda, choosing eventually to speak up about the oh-so-clear reality of 7 decades (and counting) of Zionist crimes against humanity?

The answer is simple. It is the very existence and activity of the following organizations, which you lend legitimacy to. All of these are geared towards promoting the libzionist propaganda and diverting attention from the actual #apartheid nature of the Zionist race-state.

ACRI, Btselem, PeaceNow, YeshDin, NewIsraelFund, BreakingTheSilence, Haaretz, 972Mag, Gushalom, IrAmim, ALandForAll to name a few.

Belongings of a Palestinian family house are scattered on the ground after their house was demolished.

It should be mentioned that both Btselem and YeshDin/MichaelSfard published abominable reports on Israeli #apartheid which say the exact opposite of the @Amnesty report. But many of you were happy to spread their lies.

THIS is how the truth about the #apartheid nature of the Zionist state was kept in the dark for so many decades. Not thanks to Netanyahu nor Bennett, but thanks to the above orgs and many many like them.

I truly hope that this is the beginning of a new era as far as our discourse about #Palestine, aka #Israel, is concerned.

Finally, to anyone who thinks that targeting libzionist orgs is a form of "personal vendetta" allow me to note: these orgs act as the gatekeepers for any allowed discussion on the topic, they are all in positions of power as far as media outreach goes, but finally and most importantly – they and only they are the ones who lend global legitimacy to "Israeli democracy" though it practices #apartheid for its entire existence.

Abolishing #apartheid in the Zionist race-state would necessarily mean equality and return.

EQUAL RIGHTS throughout the land FOR ALL 20 million sons and daughters of this land.

Until #EQUALITYandRETURN 

From the Report

– You can download it here 5 languages, but not German – why not?
– Why is Amnesty Germany staying silent on the apartheid report?

– Download the report here 5 languages, but not German – why not?
– Overview – amnesty.org/en bit.ly/_strpal
– Decades of Oppression and Domination bit.ly/_amap
– Why is Amnesty Germany staying silent on the apartheid report? – 972mag.com
– Strategy to End the Occupation of Palestine bit.ly/_strpal