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Lv 5

mohammedd married aisha when she was 6 years old and consummated it when she was 9?

just to set the record straight because the previous question was deleted.

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  • Caesar
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Across the globe, the age of consent for sexual union was a matter for the family to decide, or a tribal custom. In most cases, this coincided with signs of puberty, menstruation for a woman and pubic hair for a man.... In the nineteenth century throughout much of America the age of consent was very young. In the District of Colombia it was 12, while the rest of the US was only 10, except for one other state that bucked the trend. The age of consent in Delaware was only 7. So if Mohammedd who die in the 7 century was in the very Christian 19 century in Delaware, some folks there will say why you wait 2 years?

    Child marriage was not uncommon in many places at the time, Arabia included. It often served political purposes, and Aisha's marriage to Muhammad would have had a political connotation. In Medieval and early modern European societies, the age of marriage remained low, with documented cases of brides as young as seven years. Important heiresses were often married between the ages of 5 and 10 and might find themselves widowed while still in their teens.

  • 4 years ago

    That's right

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