Many people say that prophet Muhammad married a 6 year old and many Muslims believe it. But is it the truth? The truth needs to be told.
It was the tenth year of prophethood. His only wife Khadija died. And he needed someone to look after his family. He had two daughters that time. One is 17 and the other is 14. One of his distant relatives, Khaula Binte Hakim proposed him to remarry. He replied, "Are there any proposals?". She replied, "Yes. Ayesha Binte Abu Bakr and Sauda Binte Jama'a." The age of Sauda at that time was 50 years and she was a widow. She had a child also. Muhammad (PBUH) replied, "Go and discuss about it with them."
So will Khaula Binte Hakim propose prophet Muhammad to marry a 6 year old to look after his home and his two daughters whose ages are 14 and 17? A man who's wife died and has two daughters. One is 17 and the other is 14. And he needs someone to look after his home and daughters. Will he marry a 6 year old girl to look after his daughters?
After that Khaula went to Ayesha's home and discussed about it with Ayesha's mother. She said that Mutyim Ibne Adi has already proposed to marry Ayesha and she does not want to break their marriage. And prophet Muhammad married Sauda Binte Jama'a. Later Ayesha's marriage with Mutyim was cancelled because Mutyim didn't want to marry a follower of Muhammad (PBUH).
The hadith in which it is written that prophet Muhammad married Ayesha when she was 6 is said to be false by Sheikh Imran Nazar Hossain. Many hadiths are re-written by people. Hadiths were not written in the lifetime of prophet Muhammad. They were written 300 years after the prophet's death. There's no proof of being true of many hadiths.
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