The Marriage Between Prophet Muhammad & Aisha Is Good.

I thank Yassine for this debate.FrameworkPro has done much of the framing for me, this I need to demonstrate that on balance, the marriage between Aisha & Muhammad was probably not:“healthy, sound, beneficial, favourable & decent ; not harmful, not defective, not unethical & not immoral.”The ethics of this may take a subjective flavour, but given the extreme nature of the marriage between Muhammad & Aisha, then my arguments will almost certainly have enough scope to negate on a moral level. I will be affirming a form of consequentialism in this debate, which given the profound religious impact that Muhammad has made to this day, will include modern day consequences. Pro did not made that distinction and it seems appropriate to assess the marriage in its full light.I will begin constructive in this round and refute Pro’s arguments in the following.P1. Overview of the MarriageAisha married Muhammad when she was six, consummated (first sexual intercourse) at nine or ten and Muhammad died when she was nineteen, thus the marriage lasted at most thirteen years. The marriage was a betrothal (arranged marriage). Moreover the marriage was polygamous, for Muhummad had several wives at the time.[http://en.wikipedia.org...]Narrated Bakada : “The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number.” Sahih Bukhari 1:5:268While there is controversy over the exact number, a safe figure above nine is indisputable if Pro wants to remain consistent with the reliability of the Hadith.P2. Muhammad Had Low Mental StabilityMuhammad frequently had visions of angels and narrations to an alleged God. These are generally termed hallucinations, and thus very symptomatic of temporal lobe epilepsy, or if not that, then almost certainly another mental illness.[http://www.faithfreedom.org...] This is evident in the Qu’ran which is claimed by Muhammad to be entirely derived from his hallucinations. The Qu’ran is disjointed and contains hundreds of imperatives, such as the women beating, drowning armies(2:50), eternal torture of unbelievers (2:6-7, 2:107, 2:162), killing unbelievers (2:191-2) among hundreds of other instances including this little gem:“The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom” (5:33)Thus, not only was Muhammad’s hallucinations/visions cause for questionable mental stability in the first place, the content of these hallucinations are definitely of serious concern, and anybody married to them cannot be said to have been in a healthy relationship.P3. Muhummad & Wife BeatingMuhammad has been reported numerous times throughout the Hadiths as both endorsing wife-beating, as well as beating Aisha himself. Clearly Muhummad adheres to an outdated barbaric notion of discipline which does not respect one’s well-being, bodily autonomy and civility."Husbands should take full care of their wives, with [the bounties] God has given to some more than others and with what they spend out of their own money. Righteous wives are devout and guard what God would have them guard in the husbands’ absence. If you fear high-handedness from your wives, remind them [of the teaching of God], then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them. If they obey you, you have no right to act against them. God is most high and great." (4:34) "And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with it, and do not break your oath..."Narrated Aisha: " He said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes. He struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?." Muslim 4:2127 Narrated Jabir b. 'Abdullah: “Muhammad's father-in-laws (Abu Bakr and Umar) amused him byslapping his wives (Aisha and Hafsa) for annoying him. According to the Hadith, the prophet of Islam laughed upon hearing this.” Muslim 3506Narrated Iyas bin ‘Abd Allah bin Abi Dhubab: "Iyas bin ‘Abd Allah bin Abi Dhubab reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not beat Allah’s handmaidens, but when ‘Umar came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them." Abu Dawad 2141A woman complained to Aisha of the beatings she was receiving from her husband (to the extent of causing visible bruising), which when Muhammad and the woman’s husband arrived, Muhammad did not condemn or admonish the husband for the beating, but instead only spoke of the law regarding remarriage, which was thaty it was only permissible if they have had sexual intercourse, which he deduced was permissible after seeing the husband’s sons "You claim what you claim. But by Allah, these boys resemble him as a crow resembles a crow,". Moreover Aisha complains of the general level of abuse suffered by women of her religion (which was largely as a result of Muhammad):Narrated 'Ikrima : “I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women” Book 72, Number 715 A1. Morality Implications Aisha was six when betrothed, far below the age at which one can even remotely reasonably consent, and modern laws regarding criminal age of responsibility are generally set at ~ 10 years, far advances of Aisha’s six. Thus I establish two points: 1. The marriage was not with Aisha’s consent (being a betrothal) 2. The marriage Aisha couldn’t consent to Furthermore, half of the marriage between Muhammad was when Aisha was below the age of 13, a child for all intents and purposes and still physically maturing. Moreover, the purpose of Islamic marriage (nikah) is primarily for sex, and the definition of which is remarkably consistent through scholars. [http://wikiislam.net...] Thus we are led to conclude that Muhammad’s intentions were indeed for sexual intercourse when he married the six year old, IF his intention was not for sex then it would have been much more customary to adopt Aisha as a daughter/grand-daughter, he already had an adopted son, Zayd.[http://en.wikipedia.org...]. Thus when we consider the intent for marriage, it was primarily not for altruistic or for consideration of well-being in general, but a much more egoistic decision. Thus by virtually any moral measure, including utilitarianism, contratarianism, consequentialism the action is ruled immoral.Thus, because Muhammad married Aisha for sexual interests, then Muhummad is by definition, a paedophile, a known mental disorder.[http://en.wikipedia.org...]A2. Health EffectsAisha was almost certainly had not reached puberty at the time of consummation.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...] Given that paedophilic sex (and in this case, it is indisputably rape) is known to lead to profound, long term negative health effects, and has been well studied. For example in the following: “Slightly more than a third of the childhood victims of sexual abuse (37.5%), 32.7% of those physically abused, and 30.6% of victims of childhood neglect met DSM-III-R criteria for lifetime PTSD.”[ http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org...;]To expand, in virtually every aspect of PTSD, the risk factors are increased tremendously, especially when sex is taken into account, where this essentially doubles an already massively increased risk.[ http://www.nida.nih.gov...] Consequentialism & Knock-On EffectsWhen analysing the marriage in a consequentialist context, it is clear the marriage has far-reaching negative consequences. Today, child marriage in several countries that enforce Shari’ia is permitted, such as Iran,[ http://www.iranian.com...], Malaysia,[ http://www.dailyexpress.com.my...] Azerbaijan,[ https://www.cia.gov...] Bangladesh and many others.[ http://www.unfpa.org...]The acts of Muhummad has far reaching legal consequences, in that child marriage cannot be legislated against in some instances, for example in Malaysia, the Minister of legal affairs stated:“If the religion allows it, then we can't legislate against it.”Thus, today we have millions of children who are being married at extremely young ages, often without their consent, in outdated ethical systems, as a direct result of Muhummad’s marriage with Aisha.SummaryI have affirmed so far the marriage was:1. Unhealthy2. Unethical3. Caused both short and long-term harm on massive scalesMoreover I have brought Muhummad's character into serious question and thus the morality of the marriage is undermined.I leave this debate in Pro’s hands for his rebuttals.