https://fstube.net/videos/watch/a12dcd33-5064-4125-be66-62c277bd8a87 In this talk, Professor Jonathan Brown discusses the historical context surrounding the "issue" of the prophet Muhammad SAW marrying Aisha RA, when she was, by the standards of today, quite young. As he clarifies, this is in fact only an issue when you blind yourself to how things have been for the vast majority of man's time on earth. The talk took place at Cann Hall Masjid (in East London), on Friday the 10th of January, 2025. The video is from the masjid's own livestream of the event, and I edited over it with my own recording which I believe is easier on the ears. Original livestream can be found here: • 🎙LIVE | Common misconceptions about the pr... Timestamps: 0:00:00 Introduction to Jonathan Brown 0:04:20 Start of Professor Brown's Talk 0:08:25 Analysing the Hadith's Narration 0:14:36 Looking at Marriage Ages in History 0:30:02 Things Change in the Late 19th Century 0:58:49 The First Condemnations 1:07:31 Q&A- Why Did People in the Seerah Live Much Longer Than the Life Expectancy? 1:10:35 Q&A- Isn’t the Objection About Autonomy, Not Just Age? 1:14:10 Q&A- What's your Response to People Who Reject That Aisha Was That Young? 1:17:32 Q&A- Did People Get Married Mostly for Procreation or for Other Reasons? 1:18:37 Q&A- Wasn’t the Marriage Revealed by God in a Dream? 1:19:45 Q&A- If Western Critics Miss All This Stuff, What Else Might They Miss? 1:22:05 Q&A- Was Khadija actually younger than we think, based on how many children she had after marriage? 1:23:33 Q&A- Were people (where menstruation was much later) getting married before menstruating? 1:27:37 End Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:38:36 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://fstube.net https://fstube.net/lazy-static/avatars/c0090fbc-9eff-4156-a6c7-8d58715ef0e0.png https://fstube.net/videos/watch/a12dcd33-5064-4125-be66-62c277bd8a87 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://fstube.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.