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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-127 : UMUR AISYAH RA
How old was Aisyah RA when she married the Prophet SAW?
Short answer
This text presents narrations from Muslim, al-Bukhari, Abu Daud and al-Nasa'ie on Aisyah RA's age when she married the Prophet SAW.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
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Summary
This text presents narrations from Muslim, al-Bukhari, Abu Daud and al-Nasa'ie on Aisyah RA's age when she married the Prophet SAW. Most narrations state six years at the marriage contract and nine years when she began living with him, while the Abu Daud narration says seven or six years, with no comment from Imam Abu Daud. Only the al-Nasa'ie narration is stated to have been graded sahih by Ibn Hibban. The text also notes that some people hold her age was sixteen, and the available text is cut off before the ruling's conclusion.
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Rasulullah SAW telah menikahiku ketika umurku enam tahun dan baginda SAW telah bersamaku ketika umurku sembilan tahun
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-127 : UMUR AISYAH RA”, 23 November 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/1455-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-127-umur-aisyah-ra. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/age-of-aisyah-ra-when-married-prophet/