Modern-Day Debate

FIERY DEBATE Was Muhammad's Marriage to Aisha Ethical? | David Wood Acts17Apologetics Vs Kenny Bomer

Apr 26, 2023
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INSIGHT

Quran 65:4 And Classical Tafsir

  • David Wood highlights Quran 65:4 and classical tafsir showing the verse treats pre‑menstrual females as having a three‑month iddah, implying marriage before puberty.
  • He argues those Quranic and tafsir passages underpin permissive attitudes toward consummation of prepubescent marriages in Islamic sources.
ANECDOTE

Aisha Narratives Across Hadith Collections

  • David Wood reads multiple hadith (Bukhari, Muslim, etc.) where Aisha reports marriage contracted at six/seven and consummated at nine with dolls and play imagery.
  • He uses vivid narration to stress how frequently classical hadith sources record Aisha's young age.
INSIGHT

Reasonable Doubt As Primary Defense

  • Kenny Bomer frames his case around 'reasonable doubt' and conflicting scholarship rather than parsing every hadith.
  • He argues that scholarly disagreement about sources creates insufficient grounds to accuse Muhammad ethically.
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