Is what was stated in the article "A Young Journalist Corrects a Thousand-Year-Old Mistake Made by Eminent Imams," regarding the age of Umm Al-Mu'minin Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, consummated his marriage with her, being 18 years old and not 9 years old, and that all scholars of the Ummah did not discover this mistake until this journalist did, correct and in need of a jurisprudential response?
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, married Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, when she was six years old, and consummated the marriage with her when she was nine years old. This has been established by authentic hadiths. This matter is agreed upon by scholars, and no dissent has been reported from any of them. Consensus is infallible. Aisha reaching the age of nine does not warrant disapproval, as the age of puberty varies according to race and climate, and some women reach puberty at an early age. It is incumbent upon anyone who speaks on these matters to do so with knowledge and fairness, and to avoid anomalous statements that no scholar has ever made before.
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