Aisha’s ﵂ Marriage at Seven and Consummation at Nine

Question

Are the hadiths authentic that the marriage of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Aisha al-Siddiqa ﵂ was contracted when she was seven years old, and that the wedding (zifaf) took place when she was nine years old, or not? (From the Hanafi religious seminary of Khwan, Iran, Khorasan)

Answer

This hadith, with reference to Sahih Muslim, is recorded in “Mishkat al-Masabih”, p. 270.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.