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Did our mother, Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, live in her father Abu Bakr’s house, may Allah be pleased with him, during the period between her marriage contract (at 6 years of age) and the Prophet’s consummation of the marriage with her (at 9 years of age), or did she live in the Messenger of Allah’s house, peace and blessings be upon him, when she was 6 years old?

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, contracted to marry 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. During this period, Aisha lived in her father Abu Bakr's house and did not move to the Prophet's house until after the Hijra to Medina, where the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, built a special house for her.

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