Does the recommended age for a girl’s marriage depend on custom?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it said that the age for a girl’s marriage is determined by custom, since a nine-year-old girl in the past is not like a nine-year-old girl today? She does not know the most basic things now, so how can she be married?
Answer:
No, the rulings of the Shari'ah are not changed by people’s good deeds or people’s minds. The rulings of the Shari'ah remain as they are. The Lawgiver is Wise, Glorified and Exalted is He, Wise and All-Knowing of the conditions of His servants, so the rulings are not changed for the sake of people’s theories or people’s ideas.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it said that the age for a girl’s marriage is determined by custom, since a nine-year-old girl in the past is not like a nine-year-old girl today? She does not know the most basic things now, so how can she be married?
Answer:
No, the rulings of the Shari'ah are not changed by people’s good deeds or people’s minds. The rulings of the Shari'ah remain as they are. The Lawgiver is Wise, Glorified and Exalted is He, Wise and All-Knowing of the conditions of His servants, so the rulings are not changed for the sake of people’s theories or people’s ideas.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1879 -2802] هل سِنَّ الزواج للفتاة يرجع إلى العُرف؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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