As salamu Alaikumdear respected scholar,what about the ruling about the aisha, did she get puberty before coming to prophet muhammad or not? as some atheists are claiming that prophet muhammad did intimate with aisha before she got puberty..please clarify my point..
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
The Prophet 
only held his marriage contract with `Aisha 
when she was six years old, but he consummated the marriage when she was nine years old, as reported by Al-Bukhari and others 
.
This fact is reported in many books of Seerah (biography) through many chains of narrators that cannot be rejected.
In fact, the Prophet did not consummate the marriage till she reached the age of puberty and was able to bear having sexual intercourse. For that reason, she used to say, “When a girl reaches the age of nine, she becomes a woman.” [Ahmad and At-Tirmithi] Imaam Ash-Shaafi’i 
said, “I saw a grandmother who was only twenty-one years old.” This means that she and her daughter as well became pregnant before the age of ten years.
Therefore, a man may marry a small girl, but he can only establish conjugal relations with her after she becomes pubescent. Ibn Hajar reported that marrying a small girl is permissible, but having sexual intercourse is only permissible after her puberty.
What is reported from Muhallab conforms to the opinion of other scholars, as reported by Ash-Shawkaani , who said, “All Muslim scholars agree that a father can marry off his minor girl.” This means he can merely conduct the marriage contract, but it does not mean permitting her husband to have conjugal relations with her, since she would be unable to bear that.
Allaah knows best.
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