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Originally Posted by elphenor
"Some traditional hadith sources state that Aisha was married to Muhammad at the age of 6 or 7;[11] other sources say she was 9 when she had a small marriage ceremony;[12] some sources put the date in her teens; but both the date of marriage, after which she stayed in her parents' home, and later consummation with Muhammad in Medina are sources of controversy and discussion amongst scholars."
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the reality is nobody really knows because birthdays were not a widely recorded thing, it's not documented well
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When somewhere in the ballpark of 90% of these scholars place her somewhere between 6 and 10 when she consummated the marriage, I don't think you have much wiggle room.