alhamdulillah alaykum greetings of Peace
welcome to the dean show and wouldn't
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shik Dr mam
how are you alhamdulillah how are you
alhamdulillah let's uh get into the
what's the the primary goal of askam
muslim.com I mean it's kind of in the
name getting people to ask but how when
did you start this and what what was the
because I'm going to and and and I want
you guys to stay tuned because we're
going to get into some of the tough
questions that are thrown out there at
Muslims and trying to belittle Islam
attack the last and final message of
prophet Muhammad his marriage to Aisha
you're going to have you're going to
this but tell me first what motivated
you to start this organization I think
the the very first important thing is we
the kind of prompt us to start this
organization is the fact that people are
going going to all s of people to know
about Islam um people I mean if you go
to the news media they they ask X and Y
so they so they could get the knowledge
about Islam so we started this
organization for the hope that people
would ask us about Islam and ask a
Muslim about Islam ask a real practicing
Muslim
how they go about their life how do they
practice Islam you know and this is
going to be I mean then they will get
real answers about what's Islam is all
about yeah instead of going to maybe the
700 Club Pat Robinson uh Fox News come
to the Muslims and again Muslim is one
who simply does what Jesus did submits
to the will of the Creator not the
creation there's a big one that they
threw out there they say look Muhammad
peace be and blessings be upon him he
was you know
um married to Aisha at such a young age
they throw the p word out there at him
and how do you go ahead and answer this
this uh what many will perceive as a
tough question I think this is an easy
question but why because we have to put
things in perspective um the main thing
the main way we go about answering this
question is by looking at two things is
one we have to look at it from the
historical in context and also from also
we wanted to also compare it to what
other religion and cultures have done
back then the very first thing is we
tend to go to the very the very first
thing we we tackle is was prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam um
the only person who have done such thing
back then or I me does he stand out in
in in in in this action or there's other
people who have done the same thing was
this a normal thing that existed at at
at his times and this is the kind of
things that we tend to and this you
could go back to history and time after
time you will see this same thing
happening over and over the very the
most common example that we we tend to
utilize and this is something not in the
Quran not in the Hadith this is you
could even easily anybody could look at
in in the in the Catholic encyclopedia
where it says you open the Catholic ency
encyclopedia and it tells you that
Joseph he was 99 years old when he marri
when he married Mary who was 12 years
old so the same thing is that is do we
consider this could we throw out the p
word at them of course not because at
that time they had a different it I mean
their culture allowed it uh the other
thing is that you know the another
important thing that we tend to look at
is is was this a foreign concept to the
culture of the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam the ene the
enemies of prophet Muhammad based upon
Him have used all sort of tactics to to
call him out like they called him a
musician they called him you know for
you know they called him a liar but they
never ever ever called him somebody who
who who who um who uh you know goes out
with girls or something like that they
they never use that against him even
though that could be an easy tactic to
be utilized against Prophet Muhammad be
upon him so that's that's another thing
even nowadays in in the United States
you'll see many states who the minimum
age for marriage is 12 and 13 and 14
years old so if it's if 1400 years ago
it was okay you know it was not it it
was okay we still some states still
think it's okay even nowadays another
important fact that that we tend to also
minimize in 1980 in the state of
Delaware in 1980 in the state of
Delaware this is the United States of
America you know the minimum age for
marriage was 8 years
old you know so it it's we can't be
doing doing double standards here saying
this is you guys are wrong but in the
same token we are practicing here in
this country you actually talk about the
in one of your guys video you mentioned
St Augustine in 350 married uh at the
age of 10 yes uh King Richard uh seven
years old uh Henry i e you mentioned
this is you talking about this a six
years old and you mentioned the Bible in
numbers 31:17 it says sa for yourself
every girl uh every girl for yourself so
this is even the the the um the British
Catholic cannons allow
the British Catholic canons have allowed
the marriage of miners until the the the
late the early 1800s and then but later
on it made it they made an edict or a
fatwa against it and and this is now now
not permissible so the same thing here I
mean plus you know another another
important fact that is when when she
married Prophet Muhammad she was not a
minor she at that time she was she was
mature you know people at at a young age
back then used to mature easily not
nowadays somebody could become 30 years
old and he still not M he's not mature
he still play play with video games but
back then because of the temperature
because of the the culture because of
the type of food that food that they ate
they were easy to become for them to
become mature at earlier age that's a
good point so even his opponents at that
time they never brought this up and if
you're going to go ahead and bring up
something you have to find a valid
reason was it against the law at that
time so put in proper culture was it
against the law was it against God's law
was it something that went against the
culture you what what on what grounds
are you
rejecting you you can't there's no Lake
to stand then the founding fathers of
this country you mentioned Delaware it
was actually uh the age seven and then
you mention also the New Hampshire New
York Massachusetts is 12 on the books 13
in New Hampshire so uh you would
actually have someone who goes to Mexico
let's say there it's what is it 14 or
something then that person uh goes to uh
Italy or another state so as soon as he
flies out of one place or another he's a
criminal right yeah I mean nothing said
in presid you can't there's there's no
universal law that says you know this
this this is allowed there's a certain
age allowed in this country versus
another country so therefore we when we
compare things we cannot compare apples
and oranges we have to look into
consideration the culture we have to
look at the consideration the religion
we have to take into consideration you
know even the atmosphere what at that
was localized at that time yeah and
again we're talking about 1,400 years
ago this is thousand put things in
context so we're try we're put it in its
place I think anybody with a sincere
open mind with clears these prejudices
that they might have they would see that
this is not something that they can
really attack him on and even his
enemies like you mentioned uh who
attacked on every other aspect that they
tried right they didn't go ahead and use
this and she was actually
contract to get married and it was his
best friend that had um uh allowed this
to happen of course the other thing is
this is something that you again don't
take one piece out of the puzzle and say
this is the puzzle Prophet Muhammad be
upon Him have taught us I mean there he
taught us the morale of this religion
you know and he as he as he said in
Arabic to each to each in every religion
there is a moral they are known for such
a moral and the moral that Islam is is
known for is the is the morality of
being shy so how could somebody who
could teach us to be shy to be humble to
look down to lower our gaze not not to
mix with other with other sex you know
uh not to shake the hands of of a
foreign woman yet he's he's I mean you
claim he's that he's doing these kind of
things it would not make sense
whatsoever yeah yeah yeah that's a good
good point Islam being on the highest
level of protecting Chastity uh morality
no um fooling around Hanky Panky with
the it's all in marriage right the woman
has to be obviously mature you today you
have to obey the law of the land you
can't you know do opposite but we're
talking about the culture at that time
don't try to take it out and judge him
when others at that time they didn't the
law God's law the culture his enemies
they didn't attack him on that what
grounds do you have and then you gave
some points even for from the Bible even
from history these uh people who are
looked at as Saints you gave those great
examples I think this is a case close
shut what do you think I think so too so
again if um if you have a question you
the best thing the best thing you should
do is try not to take what we think for
us is allowable in the 21st century
going back to what happened 1400 years
ago you know now we have engines back
then they used to have C
you know now now we have refrigerator
back then they used to put salt in on
the meat so for for it for it to be
preserved so it's it's not you really
cannot compare the apples and ores for
sure now anyone has any questions ask a
Muslim that's right you came to the
Muslim you did a great thing instead of
going again to the 700 Club or to some
islamophobe you coming to the right
place tell us before we go you're also
feeding the people you're in the
community helping the community
spreading purpose and peace and also the
food that's true I mean this is part of
not being a true Muslim a true Muslim is
the one that does not just uh talks
about Islam and and there is action
there have to be some sort of action
Prophet Muhammad have taught us that
none of us a True Believer unless and he
he cannot be a True Believer and his
neighborhood or his or his neighbor is
hungry so part of being a good Muslim
part of being you know inter active
within the community we have to look out
for the people who are poor who are
needy and therefore this is one of the
things that later we have established is
we have to be part of the community we
have to be we have to uh feel their
aches you know and there there there I
mean there something that we cannot
close our eyes on there is a poverty in
the community so therefore ask a Muslim
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and this is this is part of our you know
Duty up toward them giv back giv back to
the community Muslims and again and not
Muslims given to all of humanity CU
we're brothers and sisters in humanity
calling you to worship the creator of
humanity the one God the same God that
Jesus Moses Abraham all of them called
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be with you Salam alikum it is important
to understand things in their historical
cont context for instance it will be
silly to ask what kind of milk did they
drink 1,00 years ago or to ask what kind
of engine they used to have back then
therefore one must understand that
things 1400 years ago were very
different from now time have changed and
so human have 1400 years ago it was very
common for a woman to marry at a young
age it is a historical fact that girls
from ages 9 to 14 were married of in
Europe Asia Africa and America for
example San Augustine 350 ad he married
a 10-year-old King Richard II 1400 ad he
married a 7year Old Henry VI e 1500 ad
he married a 6 years old even in the
Bible it says but say for yourself every
girl who have never slept with a man
according to Catholic inedia Mary the
mother of Jesus was 12 when she married
99-year-old Joseph before 1929 Church of
England ministers could marry a
12-year-old in Britain before 1983
Catholic Canon laws permitted priest to
marry of prde at the age of 12 a lot of
people are unaware in the United States
in the state of Delaware in the 1880
their minimum age for marriage was 7
years old and in California it was 10
years even now the marriage age for some
states are 12 in Massachusetts 13 in new
hamsphere and 14 in New York at the time
the prophet Muhammad Beast upon him
those who refused his message tried
every method and strategy to discredit
him they were always looking for
opportuni to attack him verbally or even
physically some of this verbal abuse
consisted of calling him magician or a
suser or crazy however they never
thought to point out or objected to his
marriage to AA why because this was the
normal society meaning it was completely
normal with that said did you know that
Prophet Muhammad be upon him he had only
one wife Khadijah throughout the first
54 years of his life did you know that
she was a widow did you know that she
was 15 years older than him he peace be
upon Him spent his entire youth with her
he was committed to her until after
after her death by keeping ties with her
friends what
abouta was she a child when she agreed
to marry Prophet Muhammad Beast upon him
first it's important to note that it is
strictly prohibited in Islam to marry
someone before the age of puberty note
the age of puberty varies throughout
different times and different places
according to Scientific references girls
might enter fullblown puberty anytime
between the ages of 9 and 15 also the
average temperature of the country is
considered to be the chief factor with
regard to ministration and sexual
puberty so was AA a child no she was not
so what about the wisdom behind this
marriage God always knows best the
marriage of AA was an instruction from
God AA narrated to us more than 2200
hadiths or sayings of prophet Muhammad
Beast upon Him AA was exceptionally
intelligent and since she married
Prophet Muhammad Beast him at a young
age she was able to learn so much from
him she later played an important role
as a teacher expert and interpreter of
Islam so the there was so much wisdom
behind this marriage for those who do
not know Prophet Muhammad Beast upon Him
Prophet Muhammad Beast upon him did not
come to seek worldly pleasures but
rather he warned us against him his
companions described him as a man of
morality and said he was Shyer than a
virgin in her seclusion when the
Believers asked him an awkward question
he would cover his face out of shyness
he taught us that each religion is known
for a kind of morality and the morality
of Islam is shinness and modesty
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