Aisha's Age Was Never a Problem Historically

Back in those times, women often married between 12 and 18, so maybe 9 was less common-Allahu ailam. But less common doesn’t mean it was shocking or wrong. Her age wasn’t even talked about or criticized until like 200–400 years ago. If someone got married at 18 today, it’s less usual but not some huge shocking news. Not only that, the Prophet ﷺ was criticized for other things-people even claimed he was a magician or possessed, astaghfirullah. But as Muslims, if we aren’t afraid to say evil folks spread crazy accusations like that back then, why would we hide that they criticized his marriage to Aisha at 9? We wouldn’t, but honestly, nobody made it a big deal until recently. Think about it: even if non-Muslims think we’re hiding something, okay-for at least 1,000 years it wasn’t an issue. No kafirs made it a huge problem for a whole millennium. If we were 'hiding' that people criticized it, wouldn’t they have brought it up within 100–200 years after the Prophet ﷺ passed? But there’s zero record for at least 1,000 years that her age was criticized. If it was such a big deal, some kafir would’ve recorded major criticism early on. Muslims weren’t the only ones around; many non-Muslims existed and never criticized him for it, and we know how eagerly they jump to criticize our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Since marriage age became a hot topic in the last 400 years, of course they’re excited to attack our religion, astaghfirullah. This shows marriage was very different then. Aisha married at puberty-girls can hit puberty at 8 or 9. Today, most 9-year-olds aren’t ready for marriage, but everyone’s readiness differs. For a man to have relations with a woman, she should be pubescent. Some might mature physically at 8 but not mentally until 15, 20, or even 25-it depends on the person. Islam doesn’t have a law saying a woman MUST marry at 9, 10, 15, etc. Same with polygyny: it’s halal but not mandatory. Just because it was more common back then doesn’t make it obligatory; both polygyny and monogamy are halal. The main point is: don’t fall into traps where people make Aisha’s age an issue, especially since it’s a recent thing. You know what else has become weird? Homosexuality being frowned upon-when all of history has condemned it. Follow the truth, not those trying to steer you away from Islam.