Check below answers in case you are looking for other related questions:

Can you tell me what is meant by the term consumed in the following Hadeeth:

Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

 

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Can you tell me what is meant by the term ‘consumed’ in the following Hadeeth:


Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236:

Narrated Hisham`s father:

Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married `Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old. 

 

(There may be some grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments and statements received from our readers for circulation in confidentiality.)

 

Answer:

 

Prophet’s (saws)Marriage to Aisha (R.a.)

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

In literal terms ‘consumption’ or more accurately ‘consummation’ of a marriage means the time when a husband and wife enjoy conjugal relations with each other.

 

It is recorded in Islamic History that the Noble Prophet Mohamed (saws) had his marriage or ‘nikaah’ done with Hadrat Aisha (r.a.), the daughter of his best friend and noble companion Hadrat Abu-Bakr (r.a.) when she was six years of age, but she continued to live in her father’s home until she was nine years old when she moved in to live with the Prophet (saws) and the ‘rukhsati’ or consummation of her marriage took place.

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

 

Burhan

 

 


Related Answers:

Recommended answers for you: