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@brother oblivion - Your comment that people would believe Sahih Bukhari if it said two years old then let me state that yes I would believe it. Have you criticially analysed the chains of all the narrations in Bukhari to make an opposite assertion. Provide your proof of at least one narration in Sahih Bukhari that you consider to be academically false. Do you know the criteria that Imam Bukhari used in compiling his Sahih? Do you know the lengths he undertook to ascertain the authenticity of the narrators? Do you know the science of Asma wa Rijal? Are you able to critically analyse all the different Isnad in the hadiths he has quoted? To not believe in the authenticity of a Hadith just becasue you do not agree with the statements quoted in it is in no shape or form an academic argument.

If not then follow the advice of Rasulullah Speak well or be silent.

Your logic is inherently faulty. Just because Hadhrat Ayesha was able to be married at the age of 6 and then consummated the marriage with Rasulullah at 9 does not mean that it is has become necessary for people to follow this. She was an exceptional lady and an exceptional talent. Her mental aptitude, fortitude, asecticism and maturity were beyond question. She was fully able to withstand the austerity of living with Nabi of Allah Ta'ala. Does that mean that just because sister Sudoku, myself or other countless pious ulama do not give their daughter in marriage at that age that they are doing wrong? Provide evidence from the Shariah stating otherwise.

My daughter is seven years old and I know for a fact that she is not mature enough or capable enough of marrying in two years time. However, I will follow the instruction of Rasulullah in that once your daughters are of marriageable age (which in the Shariat of Allah Ta'ala is from 9 if the girl is mature enough) and a good proposal arrives or I find a deeni boy then I will marry her as soon as possible.