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Are there any proofs that the Prophet wanted to consummate his marriage with Aisha during the period between the engagement (whether she was six or seven years old) and the consummation of the marriage when she was nine, based on the two mentioned narrations?

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The first agreed-upon narration, which is the narration of the majority, is from Aisha: "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, married me when I was six years old, and he consummated the marriage with me when I was nine years old." As for the other narration, Muslim narrated from Aisha: "That the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, married her when she was seven years old, and she was brought to him when she was nine years old, and her dolls were with her, and he passed away when she was eighteen years old." Al-Nawawi reconciled between the two narrations by stating that "he married me when I was seven" meant she was six and a fraction. So, one narration sufficed with the full years, while the other counted the year she entered into. It appears that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, delayed the consummation until she reached an age suitable for marriage.

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