Jewish views on marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Isra%C3%ABls-A_Jewish_Wedding-1903.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Isra%C3%ABls-A_Jewish_Wedding-1903.jpg/250px-Isra%C3%ABls-A_Jewish_Wedding-1903.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/7/79/Isra%C3%ABls-A_Jewish_Wedding-1903.jpg/250px-Isra%C3%ABls-A_Jewish_Wedding-1903.jpg, due to the very low marriageable age for females. A ketannah (literally meaning little [one]) was any girl between the age of 3 years and that of 12 years plus one day;[1]
Traditional sources dictate that Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed to Muhammad[54][55][56] but the marriage was not Consummation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana,_amore,Taccuino_Sanitatis,_Cas.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg/240px-52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/0/03/52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg/240px-52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg until she was nine or ten years old.[54][55][57][58][59] While the majority of traditional sources indicate Aisha was 9 (and therefore a virgin) at the time of marriage, a small number of more recent writers have variously estimated her age at 15 to 24.[60][61][62][63]
Later, Muhammad married Muhammad's wives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Muhammadwives.png" class="image"><img alt="Muhammadwives.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Muhammadwives.png/150px-Muhammadwives.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/a/ac/Muhammadwives.png/150px-Muhammadwives.png, nine of whom survived him.[49] Aisha, who became known as Muhammad's favourite wife in Sunni tradition, survived him by many decades and was instrumental in helping to bring together the scattered sayings of Muhammad that would form the Hadith literature for the Sunni branch of Islam.[54]
Traditional sources dictate that Aisha was six or seven years old when betrothed to Muhammad[54][55][56] but the marriage was not Consummation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana,_amore,Taccuino_Sanitatis,_Cas.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg/240px-52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/0/03/52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg/240px-52-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana%2C_amore%2CTaccuino_Sanitatis%2C_Cas.jpg until she was nine or ten years old.[54][55][57][58][59] While the majority of traditional sources indicate Aisha was 9 (and therefore a virgin) at the time of marriage, a small number of more recent writers have variously estimated her age at 15 to 24.[60][61][62][63]
Later, Muhammad married Muhammad's wives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Muhammadwives.png" class="image"><img alt="Muhammadwives.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Muhammadwives.png/150px-Muhammadwives.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/a/ac/Muhammadwives.png/150px-Muhammadwives.png, nine of whom survived him.[49] Aisha, who became known as Muhammad's favourite wife in Sunni tradition, survived him by many decades and was instrumental in helping to bring together the scattered sayings of Muhammad that would form the Hadith literature for the Sunni branch of Islam.[54]