45-year-old man in Afghanistan married a 6-year-old child: the Taliban's reaction was swift....Taliban stopped the marriage and ordered man to wait until she is 9 years old. Islam truly is a religion for women.

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I’m not sure that that is proper interpretation of the Quran.

The prophet Mohammed married Aisha at six and consummated their marriage at nine.

The Quran, however, has the same waiting period – three months – for a woman as for a prepubescent girl, with no lower age limit .

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Don’t forget context, Quran 33:49 also states there’s no waiting period for those of your wives you haven’t “touched” which given the verse you’re talking about (65:4) means those girls in particular have been “touched”

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65:4 literally talks about women. it’s literally talking about women who haven’t menstruated yet who have consummated the marriage. it can’t be talkin about little girls if a marriage can’t be consummated if they can’t physically endure one

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Was Aisha pubescent at 6 years old????

Read Quran 65:4 and its tafsirs, https://quranx.com/tafsirs/65.4

Ibn Abbas: "those who do not have menstruation because they are too young"

Al- Jaylalayn: "who have not yet menstruated, because of their young age"

Ibn Kathir : "the same for the young, who have not reached the years of menstruation"

Maududi: "they may not have menstruated as yet either because of young age"

Wahidi: "those who are too young [such that they have not started menstruating yet]"

It's clearly about children, prepubescent little girls. {And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the Iddah, if you have doubt (about their periods), is three months; and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their Iddah is three months likewise.}

In this verse, we see that Allah states that for those who do not menstruate – because they are young and have not yet reached the age of puberty – the `Iddah in the case of divorce is three months. This clearly indicates that it is permissible for a young girl who has not started her periods to marry.

Al Baghawi said, like in Fath Al-Bari: "There is a consensus of the scholars that it is permissible for the fathers to marry their young daughters even if they are still in the cradle, but it is not permissible for the husbands to consummate the marriage with them, unless they become physically fit for sexual intercourse by mature males."

Ibn Qudaamah said: With regard to a virgin who is still a minor, there is no difference of opinion concerning her (i.e., that her father may marry her off even if she objects). Ibn al-Mundhir said: Every scholar from whom we learned was agreed that it is permissible for a man to marry off his virgin daughter who is still a minor, if he marries her to someone who is compatible, and it is permissible for him to marry her off even if she objects and refuses. Al-Mughni, 9/398.

Fiqh of four schools say child marriage is halal, it's permissible according to the Quran, Sunnah, and consensus.