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Madam Aishah, a
Study of her age at the time of her marriage with Prophet
Muhammad
Historical
Fact 2.
Abu Bakr’s
children were born before the advent of Islam:
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari, an eminent
historian of the early era, stated:
‘Abu Bakr married two women in the pre-Islamic era, who gave
birth to four children. Abdullah and Asma were by Qatilah,
while Abdur Rahman and Aishah were by Umm Ruman bint Amir.
All these children were born before the advent of Islam’.10
The advent of Islam was 610 CE; so, if Aishah was born
before that, then she must have been at the very least 12
years of age in the year of Hijrah, and at least 14 at the
time of her marriage in 2 AH (624 CE).
Moreover, it is not stated that Aishah was born just
immediately before the advent of Islam. Tabari talks of her
birth as being ‘during the days of ignorance (jahiliyah)’,
which seems to suggest that it was not right at the end of
that period in history. So, if Aishah was born as much as a
year before the end of Ignorance, then it is more likely
that she was 15 at the time of her marriage.
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10. ‘Tarikh al-Ummam wa al-Muluk’
(Egypt) Vol IV. pp9-15
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