Cited by the host to argue that biblical marriage assumes the woman is past her youth, contrasting biblical teaching with Muhammad's marriage to Aisha.
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Child Marriage Debate in Islamic Law
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- bible00:55:45
- bible01:51:09
Quoted to argue that marriage is proper when a woman is 'past her youth,' and therefore to rebut Islamic defenses of child marriage and Muhammad's marriage to Aisha.
Used to show a Shia hadith report setting intercourse at age nine, reinforcing the child-marriage critique from Shia sources as well as Sunni ones.
- bible00:59:28
Quoted to rebut the claim that Rebekah was three years old, by showing she is described as a young woman/maiden carrying water and watering camels, implying maturity rather than...
- quran04:14:14
Ibn Kathir referenced this verse while explaining that women who do menstruate normally have a different waiting-period calculation, contrasting them with those too young or too...