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ABOUT Monday, August 15, 2016

My name is Keith Thompson. I Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 2


am a Christian apologist and
documentary film maker. I
write for www.Answering-
Islam.org and am the owner of By Sam Shamoun
Reformed Apologetics
Ministries. I can be reached at
We proceed with our response to Brown’s assertions.
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Here is what Brown further wrote in an attempt to defend Muhammad’s marriage to a minor:
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“The reason that no pre-modern critics paid attention to the Prophet’s marriage to a ten-year-old was
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because marrying girls considered underage today was commonplace in the pre-modern world. Under
- Black Hebrew Israelites Roman law, the earliest permitted age for marriage WAS TWELVE. In the heyday of the Roman
Debunked Empire (2nd century CE), BY FOURTEEN a girl was considered an adult whose primary purpose was
- Darwinism's Downfall marriage. In many pre-modern law codes, such as Hebrew biblical law and Salic Frankish law,
- Sword and the Crescent marriage was not a question at all. It was assumed that when a girl REACHED PUBERTY and was
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able to bear children, she was ready for marriage.
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Roman Corruption of “As a result, we find that average marriage ages in the pre-modern world were remarkably young.
Christianity Surviving evidence from several centuries of imperial Roman history suggests that as many as 8% of
- Word of Faith Teachers: women married at ten or eleven. In Italy in the 1300s and 1400s, the average age for women was
Origins & Errors of Their sixteen to seventeen. Even in an 1861 census in England, over 350 women married under the age of
Teaching fifteen in just two countries that year. According to both Christian and Muslim teachings, the Virgin
- Joel Osteen: Origins and Mary was not the mature maternal figure seen in artwork about the Bible. She was at most in her MID-
Errors of his Teaching TEENS, having only just begun menstruating, and is reported to have been as young as ten years old.
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“Muhammad’s decision to consummate his marriage to a ten-year-old would have been based ON THE
Muslim Arguments
SAME CRITERIA AS MOST PRE-MODERN SOCIETIES: AISHA’S SEXUAL MATURITY
and readiness to bear a child. Consummation of the marriage would have occurred when she had
menstruated AND STARTED PUBERTY. As the great Muslim historian al-Tabari (d. 923) reported,
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‘At the time of her marriage contract Aisha was young and not capable of intercourse.’ Three or four
- An Historical Case for years later, however, she was able. Aisha herself would later remark that a girl can menstruate as young
Christ's Resurrection as nine and thus, ‘become a woman’.” (Muhammad, pp. 77-78; bold and capital emphasis ours)
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Unfortunately for Brown, the claims he makes here are going to backfire against him.
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Sayings of Jesus
- Shabir Ally & Raymond To begin with, al-Tabari did not say or even imply that Muhammad only had sex with Aisha when she reached
Brown’s Redaction Criticism of puberty. That is a gross misreading of al-Tabari’s words. Here is what this renowned scholar and commentator
John actually wrote:
- Answering Muslims: Is Jesus
a Son Among Tons? Abu Ja‘far [al-Tabari]: The Messenger of God did not marry another woman during the life of Khadijah
- Refuting Bart Ehrman’s until she passed away. When she died, the Messenger of God got married, but [opinions] differ as to
“Passion Contradictions” whom he married first after Khadijah. Some say that it was ‘A’isha bt. Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, while others
Muslims Parrot
say that it was Sawdah bt. Zam‘ah b. Qays b. ‘Abd Shams b. ‘Abd Wudd b. Nasr. As for ‘A’ishah,
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when he married her she was very young and not yet ready for consummation, whereas Sawdah
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was already married before… (The History of al-Tabari: The Last Years of the Prophet, translated and
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Justification Lie annotated by Ismail K. Poonawala [State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany, NY 1990]
- Jesus Sent for Jews Only?: Volume IX (9), p. 128; bold and underline emphasis ours)
Answering Muslims
- Old Testament Genocide?: As the readers can see for themselves, al-Tabari says absolutely nothing about Aisha attaining puberty at
Answering "Atheists" the age of nine, or that this was the reason why her parents waited three years before allowing her marriage
- The Bible and Slavery: to be consummated. If anything, one can argue that she was physically too young for a grown man to
Answering "Atheists" penetrate and so she had to wait a few more years before she would be able to handle having sex with a 54
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year old man.
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A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to
Islam
- The Bible Teaches Original his house AS A BRIDE WHEN SHE WAS NINE, AND HER DOLLS WERE WITH HER; and
Sin when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old. (Sahih Muslim, Book 008, Number 3311)
- Whalid Shoebat’s Son’s
“Christian Militancy” Teaching And according to Muslim scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, the reason why Aisha was allowed to
Refuted continue playing with her dolls is because she hadn’t attained puberty yet:
- Proof Virgin Mary is not the
Ark of the Covenant Narrated 'Aisha: 
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also
-Brief Explanation of Calvinism used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide
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themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and
Paul Antichrist" Theory
similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, NOT
Debunked
- Refutation of Heretic Jesse YET REACHED THE AGE OF PUBERTY.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13) (Sahih Al-Bukhari,
Morrell's Documentary Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151)
"Beyond Augustine" part 1, 2
- Myth of Imputed In fact, the Muslim scholars were still debating whether Aisha had reached puberty at the age of 14!
Righteousness of Christ?
Answering Heretic Jesse Al-Haafiz goes on to say: [43: Fath al-Baaree 10/400, Baab (91), related to Hadeeth no.5954, 5955.]
Morrell
- A Biblical Case for
Abu Daawood and An-Nasaa'ee have narrated with another chain (wajh aakhar) from 'Aa'isha that
Determinism: God's
she said:" The Messenger of Allah returned from the battle of Tabook or Khaibar...".
sovereignty over all (Chris
Gautreau)
- Defending Reformed View of Here he mentioned the Hadeeth about his tearing down the curtain which she attached to her door.
John 6 - Refuting Heretic She said:" Then the side of the curtain which was over the dolls of 'Aa'isha was uncovered. He said:
Kerrigan Skelly What is this, O 'Aa'isha? She said: My dolls. She then said: then he saw amongst them a winged
- Was Judas Once a Saved True horse which was tied up. He said: What is this? I said: A horse. He said: A horse with two wings? I
Believer? - Refuting Heretic said: Didn't you hear that Sulaiman (Solomon) had horses with wings? Then he laughed" [44].
Kerrigan Skelly
- Theory on the Origins of Al-Khattaabee said: From this Hadeeth it is understood that playing with dolls (al-banaat) is not like
Papal Infallibility
the amusement from other images (suwar) concerning which the threat (wa'eed) of punishment is
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mentioned. The only reason why permission in this was given to 'Aa'isha is because SHE HAD
Subscribers - part 1, 2, 3 NOT, AT THAT TIME, REACHED THE AGE OF PUBERTY.

[al-Haafiz says:] I say: To say with certainty, [that she was not yet at the age of puberty] is
DEBATES & DISCUSSIONS
questionable, though it might possibly be so. This, because 'Aa'isha was a fourteen year old girl
- Is Muhammad Predicted in at the time of the Battle of Khaibar - either exactly fourteen years old, or having just passed her
the Bible? (Keith Thompson vs. fourteenth year [and entering into the fifteenth year], or approaching it (the fourteenth year).
Inamullah Mumtaz)
- Is Papal Primacy Primitive?
As for her age at the time of the Battle of Tabook - she had by then definitely reached the age of
(Keith Thompson vs. Catholic
puberty. Therefore, THE STRONGEST VIEW is that of those who said: "It was in Khaibar"
Minister)
- Is the Roman Catholic Papacy [i.e. WHEN SHE WAS NOT YET AT THE AGE OF PUBERTY], and made reconciliation
Biblical and Historical? (Keith (jam') [between the apparent contradictory rulings, of permissibility of dolls, in particular, and the
Thompson vs. Roman Catholic) prohibition of images, in general] with what al-Khattaabee said (above).
- Papal Primacy and Canon
Debate (Keith Thompson vs. [al-Khattabee said that images are prohibited, except in the case of dolls for young girls]. This,
Catholic) because to reconcile (make jam') is better than to assume the ahaadith to be in contradiction (at-
- Catholic Apologist Admits he ta'aarud). Here Shaykh Bin Baaz concludes his quotation from al-Haafiz, saying: The above is the
can't Historically Prove Peter
essence of the words of al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar. (The Beneficial Response Concerning the Islamic
was First Roman Bishop &
Ruling of Pictures/Images, by Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Ibn Abdullah Ibn Baaz, rendered in English by
More (Keith Thompson vs.
Fidei Defensor SPQR) Abu Muhammad Abdur-Ra'uf Shakir; bold, capital and underline emphasis ours)
- Is Justification by Faith
Alone? (Keith Thompson vs. Pay close to attention to the fact that, according to the above reference, the strongest Islamic position is that
Catholic Peter Dimond) Aisha had still not attained puberty during Muhammad’s expedition to Khaybar, an event that took place when
- Is Paul a True Apostle? (Keith she was already 14 years old!
Thompson vs. Muslim Nadir
Ahmed) Hence, the foregoing Muslim scholars soundly refute and expose Brown’s deliberate misinterpretation of al-
- Does the Immaculate
Tabari and his assertion that Aisha was already a pubescent girl when Muhammad had sex with her.
Conception Contradict
Scripture and History? (Keith
Thompson vs. Richard a Roman And here are some additional reports, which further confirm that Muhammad took Aisha to his bed when
Catholic) she was still too young:
-Infant Baptism Debate: Chris
Gautreau vs. Zachary Kueker Narrated Urwa bin Al-Musayyab, Alqama bin Waqqas and Ubaidullah bin Abdullah: About the
(written debate) story of 'Aisha and their narrations were similar attesting each other, when the liars said what they
- Is God Sovereign Over All? invented about 'Aisha, and the Divine Inspiration was delayed, Allah's Apostle sent for 'Ali and
(Chris Gautreau vs. Usama to consult them in divorcing his wife (i.e. 'Aisha). Usama said, "Keep your wife, as we
FaithandPractice) know nothing about her except good." Buraira said, "I cannot accuse her of any defect except that
- Is Christianity a Religion of
she is still A YOUNG GIRL who sleeps, neglecting her family's dough which the domestic goats
Peace? (Keith Thompson vs.
Muslim Sami Zaatari)
come to eat (i.e. she was too simpleminded to deceive her husband)." Allah's Apostle said, "Who
- Discussion with two Catholics can help me to take revenge over the man who has harmed me by defaming the reputation of my
on Interpreting Scripture family? By Allah, I have not known about my family anything except good, and they mentioned
- Is Free Will Biblical? (Keith

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“… Buraira said, 'No, by Allah Who has sent you with the Truth, I have never seen in her anything
Pelagians)
faulty except that she is a girl of IMMATURE AGE, who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough
- Does the New Testament
Teach the Deity of Jesus? for the goats to eat.'…” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 48, Number 829)
(Keith Thompson vs. Yuratchka
the Arian) “… 'A'isha said… The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh,
- Does Scripture Teach as they ate less food; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the
Predestination? (Keith camel as I was A YOUNG GIRL at that time… Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the
Thompson vs. Arminian - very truth, I have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is A YOUNG GIRL and
short) she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats that…” (Sahih Muslim, Book 037,
Number 6673)
ARTICLES

Islam Notice how all these narrations continue to describe Aisha as a young and immature girl long after her
marriage to Muhammad. Obviously, a girl who is portrayed this way is far from being ready for sexual
- A Definitive Look at the intercourse with a grown man. Therefore, what business did a 54-year-old man have marrying a physically
James White Yasir Qadhi and emotionally immature minor?
Controversy
- The Reliability of the Gospel Here is a summation of the evidence we have examined thus, which prove Aisha had not attained puberty
of John when Muhammad had sex with her:
- Comprehensive Case Jesus
Died by Crucifixion
The hadiths claim that, at the time when Aisha went to live with Muhammad, she took her dolls with her
- Are the Gospels too late and
Unreliable? and continued playing with them.
- Original Sources the Koran
Stole its Stories from The Muslim scholars explain that, though the playing of dolls is forbidden in Islam, Aisha was permitted to
- The Corruption of the Koran: do so because she hadn’t attained puberty yet.
Evidence and New Research
- Muhammad Taught and These same scholars argue that Aisha did not reach puberty until the age of 14, some five years after
Practiced Offensive Jihad marrying Muhammad.
- Are Muhammad and Islam
Predicted in the Bible?
We’re not done just yet since we have more proof that Aisha hadn’t attained puberty at the time of the
- Errors in the Koran and
Ahadith consummation of her marriage.
- Evidence Muhammad was
Demon Possessed Note what the following hadith states:
- Jesus as God Before Paul
- Some Absurd and Silly Chapter 13. Marriage OF MINOR GIRLS Arranged By Their Fathers.
Teachings of Muhammad
- Refuting Bart Ehrman’s 1876. It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah married me when I was six years old.
“Passion Contradictions” Then we came to Al-Madinah and settled among Banu Harith bin Khazraj. I became ill and my hair fell
Muslims Parrot
out, then it grew back and became abundant. My mother Umm Ruman came to me while I was on an
- Jesus Sent for Jews Only?:
Urjuhah with some of my friends, and called for me. When I got my breath back, she took some water
Answering Muslims
- 20 Reasons to Never Join and wiped my face and head, and led me into the house. There were some of women of the Ansar inside
Islam the house, and they said: ‘With the blessings and good fortune (from Allah).’ (My mother) handed me
- Is Christianity a Religion of over to them and they tidied me up. And suddenly I saw the Messenger of Allah in the morning. And
Peace? she handed me over to him, and I was at that time, nine years old." (Sahih)
- Who Wrote the Gospels?
Internal and External Comments:
Arguments for Traditional
Authorship
a. The marriage bond of a girl who is not yet adult (HAS NOT REACHED THE AGE OF
- Answering Sami Zaatari on
PUBERTY) IS PERFECTLY VALID IN ISLAM.
the Pharisaic Accusation that
Christ Claimed Deity b. Urjuhah refers to both, a swing and a seesaw; it is a long piece of wood, its middle is
- A Case for the Deity of Christ placed at a high place and the children sit on both ends, when its one side goes down the
in Light of Muslim Objections other side goes up; it is called seesaw in English. (Sunan Ibn Majah - Compiled by
- The Historical Case for Paul's Imam Muhammad Bin Yazeed Ibn Majah Al-Qazwini, From Hadith No. 1783 to 2718,
Apostleship: And a Critique of Ahadith edited and referenced by Hafiz Abu Tahir Zubair 'Ali Za'i, translated by
Muslim Arguments Nasiruddin al-Khattab (Canada), final review by Abu Khaliyl (USA) [Darussalam
- Muhammad's Condition in Publications and Distributors, First Edition: June 2007], Volume 3, The Chapters on
Light of the Biblical
Marriage, pp. 76-77; capital and underline emphasis ours)
Description of Demonic
Possession
- Christ’s Deity in Light of not Here again is a Muslim source candidly acknowledging that Aisha wasn’t pubescent when Muhammad slept
Knowing the Day & Hour of with her. And we are once again told that Aisha was still playing with her child friends on a swing/seesaw on
His Return the very same day that Muhammad came to consummate the marriage (i.e. have sex with her)!
- Daniel 7:13-14 and Christ’s
Deity: Answering Ibn Anwar’s What would possess someone (a professor to boot!) to try and justify a 54-year-old man sleeping with a 9 old
Eisegesis minor who was still playing with dolls and riding on swings/seesaws?
- The Historicity of the
Appearance to the 500 in 1
This isn’t the only time that a Muslim and/or hadith scholar used Aisha as an example of a prepubescent child
Corinthians 15:6
being given away in marriage:
- Muslim Misuse of Hebrews
5:7: Does This Verse Teach
Jesus Never Died? XXXIX. A man giving his YOUNG CHILDREN in marriage
- Ibn Anwar’s False Charge of
Anachronistic Error: An By the words of Allah, "that also applies to those who have not yet menstruated" (65:4) and He
Exegetical Examination of made the 'idda of a girl BEFORE PUBERTY three months.

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Collection of Al-Bukhari, Chapter 70. Book of Marriage; capital and underline emphasis ours)
Mark 2:26, Part 2
- Jesus as Divine Judge: A
Response to the Muhammedan Here is another version of the above narration:
Site “Do Not Say Trinity”
- Bart Ehrman: A Hero For (39) CHAPTER. Giving one’s YOUNG CHILDREN in marriage (is permissible).
Islam?
- Is Asking “Where did Jesus By virtue of the Statement of Allah: "…and for those who have no (monthly) courses (i.e. THEY
say, ‘I am God’” a Good ARE STILL IMMATURE) …" (v. 65:4)
Argument? And the ‘Idda for the girl BEFORE PUBERTY is three months (in the above Verse).
- Revisiting “Where Did Jesus
Say ‘I am God’" A Response to
5133. Narrated ‘Aishah that the Prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six
the Muhammedan Site “Do Not
Say Trinity" years old and he consummated his marriage when she was none years old, and then she remained
- Contra Paul Williams on the with him for nine years (i.e. till his death). (The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari,
Death Penalty for Apostasy & translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan [Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, Riyadh – Saudi
Christianity Arabia, July 1997], Volume 7, Ahadith 5063 to 5969, 67 – Book of An-Nikah (The Wedlock), p. 57;
- Heaven vs. Jannah: Assessing capital and underline emphasis ours)
the Dilemma
- Does Muhammad Pass the 1 Al-Bukhari employs the example of Aisha’s marriage to Muhammad at the age of 9 to illustrate the
John 4 Prophethood Test?
meaning of Q. 65:4, a verse which permits grown men to marry and have sex with young prepubescent
- Historical and Biblical Basis
girls. Now the Aisha’s example only works here if in fact Muhammad married her before she had reached
for the Trinity
- Five Reasons Why Jesus is maidenhood.
Not Merely a Prophet
- Answering “Jesus isn’t God Thus, even though it may be true that some girls attain puberty at a younger age this is normally not the case,
because God doesn’t change” nor was it the case with Aisha as the preceding evidence conclusively proves. More importantly, just because a
9-year-old girl may have already reached puberty this doesn’t mean that she is physically and psychologically
Catholicism ready to sleep with a grown man, especially one who was 54 years old!

- Absence of Papal Views To make matters worse, Muhammad’s marriage to a minor set precedence for other men to follow suit, and
Among the Earliest Christians
even became enshrined in the Quran for future generations:
- The Assumption of Mary is
Unbiblical and Ahistorical
- Justification is by Faith And if you are in doubt as to the prescribed period for such of your women as have despaired of
Alone: Issues and Evidence monthly courses, then know that the prescribed period for them is three months, and also for such
- Did Roman Catholicism Give AS DO NOT HAVE not have their monthly courses YET. And as for those who are with child,
Protestants the Bible? their period shall be until they are delivered of their burden. And whoso fears ALLAH, HE will
- Are Roman Catholics Saved? provide facilities for him in his affair. S. 65:4 Sher Ali
- Refutation of Papal
Infallibility The surrounding context deals with the issue of the waiting period for divorcing and remarrying.
- Biblical Evidence Against
Essentially, the Quran is informing Muslims to wait for a certain period of time before making the divorce
Peter being Pope
final or deciding to forego it. The Islamic scripture exhorts men to wait a period of three months in the case
- Does Matthew 16 Teach Peter
was the Pope? of women who either are no longer menstruating or haven’t even started their menstrual cycles. Thus, the
- Do John 21:15-17 and Luke Islamic scripture is allowing men to marry and have sex with young minors!
22:31-32 prove Peter was
Pope? This is further brought out from the fact that according to Quran 33:49, there is no waiting period for a
- Biblical Evidence for Sola woman whose marriage hasn’t been consummated by sexual intercourse. Here, once again, is al-Bukhari:
Scriptura
- Refuting Rome's Biblical Case Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
 While we were sitting in the company of the Prophet a woman came to him
for Extrabiblical Tradition
and presented herself (for marriage) to him. The Prophet looked at her, lowering his eyes and
- The Early Church Fathers
Taught Sola Scriptura
raising them, but did not give a reply. One of his companions said, “Marry her to me O Allah’s
- The Bible does not teach Apostle!” The Prophet asked (him), “Have you got anything?” He said, “I have got nothing.” The
Mary's Immaculate Conception Prophet said, “Not even an iron ring?” He said, “Not even an iron ring, but I will tear my garment
- Mary is not the Ark and into two halves and give her one half and keep the other half.” The Prophet; said, “No. Do you
Tabernacle know some of the Quran (by heart)?” He said, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “Go, I have agreed to marry
- The Early Church did not her to you with what you know of the Qur’an (as her Mahr).” ‘And for those who have no courses
Believe Rome’s Doctrine of the (i.e. they are still immature). (65.4) AND THE ‘IDDAT FOR THE GIRL BEFORE PUBERTY IS
Immaculate Conception of THREE MONTHS (in the above Verse). (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 63)
Mary
-Mary is not Co-redemptrix,
Therefore, Muhammad’s god is actually permitting men to marry and have sex with prepubescent girls, as
Mediatrix of all Graces, and
Advocate well as giving them the right to divorce their child brides if they so desired!
- Some of Roman Catholicism's
worst Atrocities and Now let us see how some of Islam’s greatest scholars and expositors interpreted Q. 65:4, beginning with
Abominations of History Ibn Kathir:
- Baptismal Regeneration &
Justification are False “… There is a third type of divorce, which is neither a Sunnah nor an innovation where one
- Refuting the Catholic divorces A YOUNG WIFE WHO HAS NOT BEGUN TO HAVE MENSES, the wife who is
Priesthood and Penance
beyond the age of having menses, and divorcing one’s wife before the marriage was
- Proof the Roman Catholic
consummated…” (Q. 65:1; bold, capital and italicized emphasis ours)
Mass is unbiblical and anti-
Christian
- Historical Examination of And:
Roman Catholic Eucharist
Theology The `Iddah of Those in Menopause and Those Who do not have Menses
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- “Works” and “Works of the
OF MENSTRUATION… (Q. 65:4; bold, capital and italicized emphasis ours)
Law” in Paul: Interacting with
Modern Catholic Reliance on
New Perspectivism Finally:
-Peter Dimond’s Not-So-
Stunning Acts 15 Video “… Abu Ishaq al-Muqri’ informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamdun> Makki ibn
-Peter Dimond LIED about ‘Abdan> Abu’l-Azhar> Asbat ibn Muhammad> Mutarrif> Abu ‘Uthman ‘Amr ibn Salim who said:
dikaiosune - Plus Debate “When the waiting period for divorced and widowed women was mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah,
Challenge Ubayy ibn Ka‘b said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, some women of Medina are saying: there are other
- Responding to
women who have not been mentioned!’ He asked him: ‘And who are they?’ He said: ‘THOSE
catholicapologetics.info’s
WHO ARE TOO YOUNG [SUCH THAT THEY HAVE NOT STARTED MENSTRUATING
“Some Tough Questions for
Protestants” YET], those who are too old [whose menstruation has stopped] and those who are pregnant’. And
- Is The Jewish Apocrypha so this verse (And for such of your women as despair of menstruation…) was revealed’.” (Asbab
Inspired Scripture? Pt. 1 Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi; bold, capital and italicized emphasis ours)
- Is The Jewish Apocrypha
Inspired Scripture? Pt. 2 Keep in mind that Brown himself stated that nearly all the people before, during and after Muhammad’s time
- Is The Jewish Apocrypha (e.g., the pre-modern world as Brown calls it) adopted puberty as the earliest possible age when a girl could get
Inspired Scripture? Pt. 3 married. As such, Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha went against the standards set by all the different cultures of
- Appendix: Addressing Some his own day in respect to what they deemed to be appropriate sexual relations.
Arguments in Support of the
Apocrypha
Worse still, by permitting marriages with prepubescent girls the Quran fails to live up to the very criterion
Other adopted by virtually everyone (as Brown himself admits), despite the fact that it’s supposed to be the uncreated
speech of the Creator and Sustainer of all creation who supposedly knows what is best for mankind.
- Did the NT Use Eyewitness
Sources for its Information We hate to break this to Brown but we are far from finished. Therefore, please proceed to the third part of
about Jesus? our refutation.
- Are Christians Under the Law
of Moses?
- Hitler's Darwinian Motive for Posted by Keith Thompson at 1:14 PM
Mass Murder
- An Historical Case for
Christ's Resurrection No comments:
- The Bible and Slavery:
Answering “Atheists” Post a Comment
- Failure of False Religions to
Account for Human Experience
-Youtube Pelagian Sinless
Perfection Cult Redefines Sin
-Whalid Shoebat’s Son’s
“Christian Militancy” Teaching
Refuted
- The Bible Teaches Original
Sin
- Jeffrey Daugherty’s “Apostle
Paul Antichrist” Theory
Debunked
- Jesus' Imputed Righteousness:
An Exegetical Case
- Refutation of Jesse Morrell’s
Documentary “Beyond
Augustine”
- Refutation of Jesse Morrell's
Documentary "Beyond
Augustine" Part 2

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