That was the first point polemics would bring up to confuse the Muslims. Thank you so much for clarifying it for many. Speaking of myself and maybe others who would relate, this lesson will be my protector of a major misconception.😇

everyone asks how old A'isha RA is, but no one asks who A'isha RA was. shame.

Mothers of The believers will always be respected

I'm a revert from Canada.. My family are catholics, my grandmother was 13 or 14 when she was married to my Grandfather who was nearly 25 and these are French Canadains just within the last 100yrs.

All of these people who mock this age thing are just totally ignorant of human history and societal norms. Young marriages wasnt an Arab thing, it was a worldly thing. Customs, climate, economic conditions, hostile regions etc all play a huge factor. Anyone who has even a pea size amount of intellect would never utter this foolish claim ever again.

I really love this Shiekh.  Clear, to the point, documents everything.

Sheikh I swear to God, I’m Somali and I don’t know my birth day but in my passport it’s written 1 January 😂😂😂😂😂

Alhamdulillah Sheikh Uthman, I learned a lot more than the age of Aishah RA from this video. A very comprehensive look into history facts and records.

I am a revert from India with hindu background. My grandmother was 13 when she married my grandfather who was 25.

Forget Isabella of France, Go back 70 years in Indian Sub continent and look at the marriage ages and you will find these ages. My own mother was married when she was 13 years of age, so I am not at all surprised at our Mother A'isha's age at the time of her wedding.

We should forget about the age of Hazrat Aysha may Allah be pleased with her and only remember that the prophet has never done anything against the Will of Allah

I am from India and My Grandmother says she was 12 at the time of her marriage and my grandfather was over 25..

In my village, several older ladies always told stories of their marriage at age 12 or 13. My mom married at 16. My father was 36 at the time. Its all common. Nobody found any of these stories strange.

As a muslim i suggest every nonbeliever to listen to this.

My father and mother also does not know their birthday and exact age

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace.  Holy Quran Al-Furqan 25:63

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.  Holy Quran Al-Furqan 25:72

References mentioned in the video:

-Sahih Al-Bukhary 3895 and 3896
-"Tabaqat" by Ibn Sa'd (Aisha was already engaged to Zubayr)
-"Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya" by Ibn Kathir (The relation between Ages of Asmaa and Aisha)

-"Al-Isabah Fi Tamyiz Al-Sahabah" by Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (The relation between Ages of Asmaa and Aisha)


- Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (Aisha was born 4 years before Nubuwwah)
-Sahih Muslim 1422

Both my mother and father in law were born on the 1st January. Subhanallah. 😆

PROPHET MOHAMED LAST WIFE (AYESHA) AGE AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE
According to this perspective, Aisha may have been young, but she was not younger than was the norm at the time. Other Muslims doubt the very idea that Aisha was six at the time of marriage, referring to historians who have questioned the reliability of Aisha's age as given in the saying. In a society without a birth registry and where people did not celebrate birthdays, most people estimated their own age and that of others. Aisha would have been no different. What's more, Aisha had already been engaged to a non-Muslim Guy before she married Muhammad suggesting she had already been mature enough by the standards of her society to consider marriage

7- Seven Evident Proofs that Aisha(last wife of Prophet Mohamed) was at least 18 years old when she got married to the Prophet Muhammad (saw)

Proof#1 Actually Ayesha the last wife of prophet Muhammad was 14 when the prophet Mohamed did marriage contract “NIKAH “with her and 18 when the prophet entered her room. Now let’s calculate
Prophet Mohamed last wife “ Aisha “ was born in : 606 A.D
Married the prophet in : 620 A.D   then prophet Mohamed entered her room after 3 years and couple months In 624 A.D (14+3+1=18 years old)    (١٤ + ٣ + ١ = ١٨ سنة كاملة) وهي السن الحقيقية التي تزوج فيها النبي الكريم (عائشة)
Ayesha sister Asma died when she was 100`s years old in 73 hijri (100-73 = 27 years old)
Now let’s see Aisha Age :  her sister Asma age = 27   Aisha age = 17
that’s all when the prophet went to Medina (Al-Hijra) (27-10-17) and the prophet married her one year after the hijra. (17+1=18) Proving that Ayesha the last wife of prophet Mohamed was at least 18 years of age at time of marriage which is a legal age for any girl to get married with anyone

Proof#2 According to almost all the historians, Asma the elder sister of Aisha, was ten years older than Aisha. It is reported in Taqreeb al-Tehzeeb as well as in Ibn Kathir's Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah that Asma died in the 73rd year after migration of Muhammad when she was 100 years old. Now, obviously if Asma was 100 years old in the 73rd year after Migration to Medina, she should have been 27 or 28 years old at the time of migration. If Asma was 27 or 28 years old at the time of hijrah, Aisha should have been 17 or 18 years old at that time. Thus, if Aisha got married in year 1 AH or 2 AH (after Migration to Medina), she must have been between 18 to 20 years old at the time of her marriage.

Proof #3 In Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Manaaqib, it is narrated that Aisha said: لم أعقل أبوي قط إلا وهما يدينان الدين ولم يمر علينا يوم إلا يأتينا فيه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم طرفي النهار بكرة وعشية فلما ابتلي المسلمون خرج أبو بكر مهاجرا قبل الحبشة “I became conscious of the world after my parents had accepted Islam. And every day, the Prophet (pbuh) would visit us twice, earlier and later in the day. After the community went through severe trials (when Islam was publicly pronounced) Abu-Bakr decided to head to Abyssinia (to flee persecution ) When does a child reach the age of consciousness? At least at the age of 5 or 6 right? Aisha was telling her memories, remembering the Prophet’s visits to her house when she was young. The trials of the Muslims started with the public pronouncement of Islam, which happened in the 3rd year of the Prophet’s mission. This precipitated a severe wave of persecution for the Muslims. They had no choice but to flee Mecca in the 5th year of Islam. This indicates that by the 5th year, Aisha was at least 7 or 8 years old. If Hijra took place in the 13th year, then she must have been at least 15 or 16. If she got married to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) over 2 years after Hijra, then she must have been at least 18 when it happened.

Proof #4 In Bukhari, Kitab Tafseer-ul-Quran, it is narrated that Aisha (RA) said: لقد أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم بمكة وإني لجارية ألعب بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر “It was revealed to the Prophet (pbuh) in Mecca, while I was a still playing as a child, the ayah [from surat al-Qamar]: “The last hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that last hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter”(Quran 54:46). So Aisha was conscious enough to understand the verses of the Quran and remember their meaning. Surat al-Qamar was revealed in the 6th year of the Prophet’s mission as Qurtubi mentioned. Now how old Aisha must have been at the time? At least 8 or 9 I would say. If Hijra took place in the 13th year, then she was at least 15 or 16 at the time, which puts her at the age of 17 or 18 when she got married.

Proof #5 Imam Ahmad narrates the circumstances of Aisha’s marriage to the Prophet (pbuh). He says that al-Mut’am b. A’dy proposed to her for his son Jubayr. When the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) approached Abu-Bakr asking for her hand in marriage, he told him that another family already approached him about the same thing and that he had to honor that. Later, Abu Bakr met al-Mut’am and his wife. He sensed hesitate from the mother of Jubayr. She said: “أخشى أن تُصبأ عائشةُ جبيرا” or “I worry Aisha would convert my son Jubayr to Islam". Abu Bakr asked the father about it, and he said that he had a similar concern as his wife. The marriage was called off and Abu Bakr told the Prophet (pbuh) That Aisha was available. How old must she have been in order to have this kind of influence? She must have been a charismatic, eloquent adult for Jubayr’s family to be concerned that she might convert their son to Islam. She definitely was not a child.

Proof #6 Muhammad b. Is’haaq, the great historian and biographer of Islam, and the teacher of ibn-Hishaam and Tabari, created a list of the first people that accepted Islam in his book as-Seera an-Nabawiyyah. He places Aisha at #19. Since the first 20 conversions must have happened in the first year, then Aisha was at least 5 years old to have that kind of consciousness (she was probably older). If she was at least 5 in the first year, then at Hijra she was at least 18 right? Which puts her at the age of 20 when she got married to the Prophet (pbuh) two years later.

Proo #7 Historians agree that Asmaa’, Aisha’s sister، was at least 27 during Hijra, as referenced by the great historian and biographer ibn-ul Atheer in his book Ussd-ul-Ghaba. Since Asmaa’ was at most 10 years older than her sister (as ibn Abdel Barr said in his book al-Istee’aab fy Ma’rifat il-Asshaab), that puts Aisha at the age of 17 at the time of Hijra, which makes her at least 19 at the time she married the Prophet (pbuh)

Aisha was the greatest female hadith scholar in history. She doesn’t sound like an abused child as no abused child talks  positively about their abuser.  The Christian argument is so weak.

The best and most proffessional answer to this question.