# How old was Aisha when she married the Prophet?

*Islamophobes use these reports; Aisha married in her late teens*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/6/
- Date: 2018-02-09 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Hadiths on Prophetic Miracles and Responding to Claims of Blasphemy - Mufti Abu Layth al Maliki (26:22–28:52)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=1582s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/

**Topics:** The age of Aisha; Replies to attacks on the Prophet

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth holds that the evidence shows Aisha married in her late teens, and warns that reports of a child marriage feed Islamophobes.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says all the evidence demonstrates that Aisha was in her late teens when she got married.

**Evidence, his words at 27:00:** “I do mention Ayesha I don't know specifically but all the evidence demonstrates she was in her late teens when she got married” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4jHsWJ_uM&t=1620s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth says Islamophobic groups, naming Tommy Robinson, love such reports coming from Muslim clerics because they use them, recalling a programme on grooming gangs in which Islamophobes said Muslims thought such abuse fine because they believed the Prophet did it. Mufti says it is Muslims who will have to answer for this. He says he has a full video showing that all the evidence demonstrates Aisha was in her late teens when she married, with texts varying between seventeen, eighteen and nineteen. He ends by saying the blasphemy card has been overused by Barelvi scholars and others against Salafis and others, while they themselves do not have the courage to speak out against real blasphemy.

## Sources and names cited

- Tommy Robinson
- Aisha
- Barelvi
- Salafi

## Transcript (machine tier, 26:22–28:52)

[25:43] be held accountable by Allah so I tell you that if you have the courage rise for the love of the Prophet denounce this garbage this blasphemous rubbish and then and if you're not going to if you're not going to right then at least don't don't have the hypocrisy or the double standards to call out other people when they say things like oh maybe somebody out of the excessive love for the Prophet exaggerated don't be

[26:21] call that blasphemy that's not blasphemy this is blasphemy so if you're not going to if you're not going to denounce that rubbish that I told you which is what Tom what is it Tommy Robinson all these kind of Islamophobic fascist racist groups love it they love that kind of speech coming from the Milano's because they use it I watched an episode about Muslim sex grooming gangs and kind of pedophilia

[27:00] and do you know what the nut Islamophobes on they were saying they were saying well this is fine for the Muslims because they Prophet did this and they believed that they Prophet did this so it's fine who is gonna answer for this it's not good it's going to be us as Muslims we are going to answer so look as I was saying I and those of you who this eye shadow of the Allahu Allah I've got a whole video dedicated to this it's on YouTube I do mention Ayesha I don't know specifically but all the

[27:37] evidence demonstrates she was in her late teens when she got married so the evidence varies whether she was if some text may say she was 19 1780 but she was in her late teens when she got married now and I've got a whole video going through evidence upon evidence to demonstrate that so do think do watch that but yes on my point here is that look if you're going to you know don't either kind of stand true to the love of the Prophet oh just don't kind of use that card you know it's okay you know

[28:15] you this card has been used too much by kind of like Brill V scholars and these people against seller fees and against the open these and again you know this Gustav Gustav blasphemy blasphemy and the truth is that you do nothing but support our Turkish taffy yourselves utter right so that's the truth after kind of blaspheming and you don't have the courage to speak out against it so then at least don't kind of cool views this card on other people whoa

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment RM4jHsWJ_uM/s/6. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/rm4jhswj_um/s/6/

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