Post by Helen Dagner on Sept 25, 2012 22:56:26 GMT -5
Muhammed married a six year old girl when he was in his fifties. Her name was Aisha and she is reportedly the favourite of the Prophets wives. She was the daughter of his friend Abu Bakr. The marriage was consumated when she was nine years old. This story is not in the Quran however, but is in the Ahadith, which are the recorded stories of the prophet, which Sunni Muslims consider authentic as examples of the Prophets behaviour and Character. In Islam, the Prophet is considered the perfect man. This is also why the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini lowered the marriage age to Nine years old after the revolution in Iran.