The Marriage Between Prophet Muhammad & Aisha Is Good.

Thanks to Con, & good luck.Preface: - All the Hadiths I mentioned are either Sound) or Good, & I’ve already sourced them. - I did not attack the reliability of Con’s Hadith, I denied its existence, & so far Con hasn’t provided a source for this inexistent account. The original story > [1]. - The translation of “struck my chest” is inaccurate, for Aisha herself (& others) completely denied such suggestion [2]. - Verse (5:33) is interpreted exactly as I said [3]. Con is making up false & non-authoritative interpretations of his own, & thus inadmissible. The Marriage as a: Love Story: - Muhammad’s & Aisha’s everlasting Love for each-other is evidenced by: > Their own testimony [4]. > The admiration & intimacy they share [5], the manner with which they treat [6] & the sacrifices they made for each-other [7]. > The intense jealousy Aisha shows for Muhammad [8]. > He died between her neck & chest, with her saliva in his mouth, & was buried in her house [9]. > He promised her they’ll be husband & wife in Paradise [10]. > Their Love was acclaimed & known to the muslim community, even after the Prophet’s death [11]. Relationship: - The Relationship they shared was remarkably healthy & favourable, for: > The Prophet’s noble character with: * Women [12]. * People [14]. * Enemies [15]. * Animals [16]. > His humbleness with [17] & graciousnes towards his wives & Aisha [19]. > They taked & listened to, knew the mood of & amused & played with each-other, even when Aisha got older [20]. > He never reviled her even if she is at fault, he instead defended her even against her father [23]. > He taught her a great deal about all aspects of life [24]. Function & Legal Precedent: - The Marriage played an important role in the muslim community during & after the Prophet’s life: > It laid the foundation of Marital Jurisprudence in Islamic Law [25]. > It represents the model for all muslims [26]. > Aisha was a delegate for the muslim women, & she served as intermediary between them & the Prophet [27]. > She had an influence & a presence in the community in general, even in battle [28]. Legacy: - Aisha was eclipsed by her husband when he was alive, but shinned after his death, She: > Was a leading scholar of the highest caliber in Jurisprudence, Qur’an, Hadith, Arabic, Poetry, History of Arabs, Genealogy, Medicine, Mathematics. . , in the entire then Islamic World [29]. > Was one of the 7 Scholars: the founding ‘fathers’ of the Islamic Tradition, each of whom had a corpus of legal opinions that amounts to volumes of paper [30]. > Was called the Polymath of Quraysh, held the highest scholarly position: Mufti of Medina, corrected legal opinions of the greatest of the companions in over 200 instances, advised for the 4 Caliphs, & lead politically & militarily the muslim Ummah [31]. > Taught over 700 scholars, 150 among the greatest of the Tabi’in, 48 of which are female scholars, 3 of the 7 Jurists of Medina (the founders of the root Islamic School of Thought) & 5 of the most renown female scholars [32]. > She was a prime defender of women's rights, & all her legal opinions concerning women have precedence over any others according to the majority of muslim scholars [33]. Rebuttals: - Con insistently falsely supposes that the age of Aisha at marriage was 6! She was betrothed at 6/7, & the Contract wasn’t concluded until she was 9/10, when she received her Dower & moved in with Muhammad. & thus, before 9/10, she & him were strangers. - Con is proposing, with no proof whatsoever, that the Marriage allegedly: I- Was not with the consent of Aisha, contradicting thus her own testimony, based on the supposition that modern laws would not recognise such a consent, which is unfathomably absurd! II- Must have been done with sexual, egoist & not altruistic intentions, because ‘Marriage’ & ‘Sex’ share the same word in Arabic (Nikah). If that wasn’t the case, then he should’ve adopted her! III- Is actually a prison of sexual child abuse (‘indisputable rape’), where Aisha is a hostage (‘who certainly has not reached puberty’), & her husband is a lustful pedophile! II) 1. Adoption is prohibited in Islam [34]. 2. A Good marriage is not an altruistic marriage, that’s nonsense, & the opposite is not accurate either. 3. If Con was right, i.e. ‘we are led to conclude that Marriage is for Sex, because they share the same word’, then all marriages ever of Arabs & Muslims are for Sex (not just Aisha’s Marriage), which is an absurd generalisation! 4. To establish the opposite of Con’s claim >> the purpose of Marriage in Islam is clearly defined in verse 30:21 (http://quran.com...). => The primary reason for Marriage is tranquility & shared affection & mercy, as the verse explicitly states, & these are technically the words of Muhammad, which also conform with the relationship shared between him & Aisha. 5. One of the purposes of the Marriage Institution is indeed Sex: for the pleasure & the offspring. Without Sex, Marriage would not exist, nor will Mankind. => Con contradicts himself, for he aims to prove that a specific marriage is egoistic & thus immoral, because Marriage is what it is: a relationship to which Sex is a purpose! 6. To establish the opposite of Con’s claim about the Marriage allegedly being primarily for Sex: Muhammad & Aisha loved each-other, & he & her father were the best of friends. => Neither of these actual essential reasons for the Marriage are sex related. III) - To establish the opposite of Con’s claim that Muhammad allegedly married Aisha for even sex, or because she was a young virgin: 7. The configuration of his marriages is completely random, & the marital age gap is scattered from -30 to 46 [35]. => There is no recognisable pattern to make any sort of judgement, except that he had no particular preferences at all. 8. Aisha was the only virgin among his 12 wives, some of which were much older than he was (Sawda, Rayhana, Khadija) [36]. => Virgins were not on his mind at all, in fact, the opposite is true (11 out of 12 were not virgins), & thus virginity had nothing to do with the Marriage. 9. It was common for girls to get married at a young age (9/10). 2 out of 4 of his own daughters married between the age of 8 & 10 [37]. => Youth had nothing in particular to do with it. 10. He himself stated the reason to marrying a virgin, which is: companionship & humour & fun [38]. => Sex had nothing to do with it either. 11. He established relations of affinity with all 4 of his closest companions: Abu Bakr, Umar, Ali & Uthman, who ended up as his successors [39]. So, he indeed intended to marry Abu Bakr’s daughter, or marry his daughter to him to strengthen their relationship & to bring him into his household. => Aisha’s age or virginity couldn’t have influenced the decision of Marriage, for they weren’t even relevant to begin with. - Furthermore: 12. The average age of puberty ranges between 8 & 12 [40], & precocious puberty can happen as early as 5 [41]. 13. In this Marriage, there is indisputably no rape, for rape is prohibited in Marriage by Law, the Law Muhammad himself decreed through the Qur’an [41]. 14. There was no form of abuse whatsoever [42]. 15. The definitions of Pedophilia & Lust can not contradict more the character of Muhammad & the facts [43]. The Marriage: - All Con’s arguments here are purely speculative & are based on the previously debunked misinformations: > Aisha married at 6. > The Marriage was for sexual reasons. - Con uses current western modern standards & statistics to extrapolates by false analogy to the situation in 7th century Arabia, that’s absurd on all geographical, social, historical & cultural levels. - Con’s argument is wholly straw-man, as it doesn’t discuss the actual Marriage. Our current Resolution isn’t about ‘Child’ Marriage in general, it’s about the specific Marriage between Muhammad & Aisha. Mental Stability: - Con suggests, with no proof whatsoever, that Muhammad was mentally unstable, for he allegedly had hallucinations, & mysteriously correlates this with the bad nature of the Marriage: 1. That’s a claim against Prophethood, which is entirely irrelevant to our topic. 2. This alleged ‘instability’ is the kind that perpetually shaped, the most, Human History, the kind that dominates virtually all aspects of life of 1/3 of the Human race then & 1/4 now, the kind that bends to its will the minds of countless greatest intellectuals in History, from all fields of knowledge. . . 3. Con’s last ‘argument’ is like saying James Madison’s marriage was bad because he drafted the 2nd Amendment! Wife Beating & Child Marriage: - Of the 5 Universal Maxims of Islamic Law, there is [44]: > Hardship begets ease. > Harm should be removed. > Norms are legally binding. => Any argument or Hadith that Con may come up with based on norms, preventing harm, or mitigating hardship is thereby refuted, for Islamic Law already abides by them [45]. - As for beating: it’s pending for wife against husband (no particular rules), & it’s unlawful for husband against wife, unless divorce is the only other choice, & if necessary, then in a light manner (such as with a pen or brush) [46]. Conclusion: - Muhammad & Aisha’s Union was sound & decent, their Relationship was healthy & favourable, their Marriage was beneficial to themselves, their families, their community, & to all muslims ; it was not harmful, not defective, not unethical, nor immoral. - Con’s entire line of reasoning is utterly incoherent & unintelligible, a series of unsupported claims, void suggestions, inaccurate evidence, false analogies, absurd conclusions, & completely off topic. Sources: http://goo.gl...