Compelling Marriage on Minors…
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I recently attended a lecture by Shaiyk Hamza Yusuf in California in which he detailed that all four major Madhabs in the Sunni sect allow provisions for compelling marriages on minors. This came as a shock to me, however, Shaiyk Hamza said that this is part of our tradition and we have to believe in it. He had cited that the early marriage of Hadhrat Ayesha (RA ... Read more...
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I recently attended a lecture by Shaiyk Hamza Yusuf in California in which he detailed that all four major Madhabs in the Sunni sect allow provisions for compelling marriages on minors. This came as a shock to me, however, Shaiyk Hamza said that this is part of our tradition and we have to believe in it. He had cited that the early marriage of Hadhrat Ayesha (RA ... Read more...
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