16. Nikāḥ (Marriage)
١٦۔ كتاب النكاح
Aishah’s account of her marriage to the Prophet ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me when I was six years old, and he entered upon me when I was a girl of nine years. She said: We came to Madinah, and I was ill for a month, then my hair grew down in a jumaymah.
Umm Ruman came to me while I was on a swing with my companions, and she called out to me, so I came to her, not knowing what she wanted with me. She took me by my hand and stood me at the door, and I said, “Hah, hah,” until my breath went away. Then she brought me into a house, and there were women of the Ansar. They said, “Upon goodness and blessing, and upon the best fortune.” She handed me over to them, and they washed my head and prepared me. Nothing startled me except that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was there in the forenoon, and they handed me over to him.
تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِسِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَبَنَى بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ. قَالَتْ: فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَوُعِكْتُ شَهْرًا، فَوَفَى شَعْرِي جُمَيْمَةً،
فَأَتَتْنِي أُمُّ رُومَانَ وَأَنَا عَلَى أُرْجُوحَةٍ وَمَعِي صَوَاحِبِي، فَصَرَخَتْ بِي فَأَتَيْتُهَا وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا تُرِيدُ بِي، فَأَخَذَتْ بِيَدِي فَأَوْقَفَتْنِي عَلَى الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ: هَهْ هَهْ، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَفَسِي، فَأَدْخَلَتْنِي بَيْتًا فَإِذَا نِسْوَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَقُلْنَ: عَلَى الْخَيْرِ وَالْبَرَكَةِ وَعَلَى خَيْرِ طَائِرٍ، فَأَسْلَمَتْنِي إِلَيْهِنَّ، فَغَسَلْنَ رَأْسِي وَأَصْلَحْنَنِي، فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلاَّ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ضُحًى، فَأَسْلَمْنَنِي إِلَيْهِ.
Allah's Apostle ﷺ married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.
تَزَوَّجَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ وَبَنَى بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ
Aisha’s age at marriage
that the Prophet ﷺ married her when she was seven years old, and she was brought to him as a bride when she was nine years old, with her dolls with her, and he died leaving her when she was eighteen.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَزُفَّتْ إِلَيْهِ وَهِيَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ وَلُعَبُهَا مَعَهَا، وَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَهِيَ بِنْتُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ.
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle ﷺ married her when she was six years old, and he (the Holy Prophet) took her to his house when she was nine, and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old
تَزَوَّجَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتٍّ وَبَنَى بِهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعٍ وَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ