Child Marriage in the Qur'an: Difference between revisions

'''Shakir:''' And test the orphans until they attain puberty; then if you find in them maturity of intellect, make over to them their property, and do not consume it extravagantly and hastily, lest they attain to full age; and whoever is rich, let him abstain altogether, and whoever is poor, let him eat reasonably; then when you make over to them their property, call witnesses in their presence; and Allah is enough as a Reckoner.}}

#According to the Islamic Shar'iah, "Nikah" is a technical term, whose Shar'i (Islamic legal) meaning is "the consumation of a marriage through vaginal intercourse" and in many Islamic languages and cultures, such as Urdu speaking Muslims in South Asia, this by extension merely means "(Islamic) marriage." In Arabic, though , ''Zuwaaj'' زواج<ref>[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/28_ZAY.htm Lane's Lexicon - Zay-Waw-Jiim]</ref> is the specific word for just "marriage" (although the contract of marriage which both parties sign is called "'aqd an-nikaah" عقد النكاح), but the Qur'an uses both words in reference to marrying women; Nikaah for human females and Zuwaaj for the Houris.

And the Arabic grammar in the word يَبْلُغَ in this verse is '''"3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb"''', which again points out that this verse is talking about the "male orphans" only. This Arabic grammar could be again seen at the [https://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=17&verse=34 Corpus Quran Website].

*As far as Shari'i 'aqd an-Nikaah (marriage) is concerned, then there is no condition present in it of reaching the أَشُدَّهُ (i.e. Strength to do the intercourse).

I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me.}}

*When a girl reaches puberty, then she herself gets the right to give her consent for the marriage, or to deny the marriage.