I was with Allah's Apostle in a Ghazwa, and when we returned, I wanted to hurry, while riding a slow camel. A rider came behind me. I looked back and saw that the rider was Allah's Apostle . He said (to me), "What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, "I am newly married." He said, "Did you marry a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin but) a matron."
He said, WHY DIDN’T YOU MARRY A YOUNG GIRL with whom you could PLAY and who could PLAY with you?"Then when we approached (Medina) and were going to enter (it), the Prophet said, "Wait till you enter (your homes) at night (in the first part of the night) so that the ladies with unkempt hair may comb their hair, and those whose husbands have been absent (for a long time) may SHAVE THEIR PUBIC HAIR."(The sub-narrator, Hashim said: A reliable narrator told me that the Prophet added in this Hadith: "(Seek to beget) children! Children, O Jabir!") Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 172: Narrated Jabir
In another Hadith, Jabir explains WHY he didn't marry a young girl:
"Allah's Apostle said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a YOUNG GIRL who would have FONDLED WITH YOU?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! My father was martyred on the day of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another young girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after them." The Prophet said, "You have done the right thing." Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 382: Narrated Jabir
Muhammad embarrassed by the man's decency could only agree with him.
The above picture is of Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh Saudi Arabia's grand mufti who told Al Hayat newspaper that those saying ten or 12-year-old girls are too young to marry are being ‘unfair’ to them.
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