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-Besides Prophet [[Muhammad]] himself [[The Meaning of Consummate|consummating]] his [[marriage]] to nine [[Islamic Lunar Calendar|year]] old [[Aisha]] when he was 54, his [[Sahabah|companions]] also committed [[Islam and Pedophilia|pedophilia]].
+In addition to evidence that Prophet [[Muhammad]] [[The Meaning of Consummate|consummated]] his [[marriage]] to [[Islamic Lunar Calendar|year]] old [[Aisha]] when she was a young child, it is alleged that his prominent [[Sahabah|companion]] Umar ibn al-Khattab also committed [[Islam and Pedophilia|pedophilia]].
+Although Sunni sources agree on this marriage, the source for her young age is the Sunni text ''Tarikh al-Khamis'', a work by Husayn Diyar Bakari. Both the text and the author are relatively obscure, and are not viewed as having particular authority within Sunni Islam.
+Shia sources generally agree that the marriage occurred, but view it as forced. Umar ibn al-Khattab is unanimously viewed very negatively in Shia literature, and is considered a usurper and false caliph.
 ==Umar's Marriage to Umm Kulthum==