Assalaamu `alaykum
Just to mention a few points:
- Is the above what you mentioned, mentioned by the `ulemaa'? Or just general people? I mean about the faceless dolls?
- The debate about `Aa'ishah's (radiyAllaahu `anhaa) age is something that is bought about by some of the pathetic "modernists". And it is something that people should not pay attention to, as it is a filthy doubt that people put into the minds of the believers.
The authentic narrations indicate the Prophet :saw2:
married `Aa'ishah radiyAllaahu `anhaa when she was six years old, and consummated the marriage with her when she was nine, and she stayed with him for nine years. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4840; Muslim, 1422.
And the scholars have agreed (Ijmaa`) on the permissibility of a father marrying off his daughter before the age of puberty as mentioned by Ibn `Abdil Barr
This is not something a Muslim should be ashamed or shy about, and indeed it is Islaam that gave us honour and dignity. It was normal for the people at that time, and even the people who came generations after the time of the Sahaabah, to marry women at the age of 9 or 10, or after puberty.
Imam Al-Bayhaqi narrated that Imam Al-Shaafi`ee said: “I have seen in the city of Sana’a a grandmother while she was twenty one. She menstruated at the age of nine and gave birth at the age of 10” [Sunan Al-Bayhaqi Al-Kubra: 1/319]
Imam Al-Shaafi`ee said: “During my stay in Yemen I have come across girls at the age of nine whom menstruated so often” [Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala’: 10/91]
That was at the time of Imaam al-Shaafi`ee which was generations after the time of the Messenger of Allaah :saw2:
With regards to what was mentioned about the battle of Uhud, then as I mentioned, this is a really ignorant arguement these modernists have bought forth.
Firstly, the hadeeth does not mention "all of the people" were sent back.
Ibn `Umar radiyAllaahu `anhumaa narrated that the Prophet of Allaah :saw2: called me to present myself in front of him or the eve of the battle of Uhud, while I was fourteen years of age at that time, and he did not allow me to take part in that battle, but he called me in front of him on the eve of the battle of the Trench when I was fifteen years old, and he allowed me (to join the battle)." Naafi` said, "I went to 'Umar bin 'Abdul Aziz who was Caliph at that time and related the above narration to him, He said, "This age (fifteen) is the limit between childhood and manhood," and wrote to his governors to give salaries to those who reached the age of fifteen. [Saheeh al-Bukhaari: 2521]
Regarding this hadeeth, this is what the Ibn Hajar mentioned:
Imam Al-Nawawi put this Hadith under the title “the age of puberty” then he said:
“it is the age at which boys become fighters and take the same ruling as men” [ Sharh Saheeh Muslim: 12/13]
Imam Al-Nawawi then said : “ upon this Hadith Imam Al-Shafi’e, Al-Awza’ie, Ibn Wahb and Imam Ahmad and others said that 15 is the age of puberty ( for males) [ Sharh Saheeh Muslim: 12/13]
On top of that, there are many proofs that men under the age of 15 took part in the battles as narrated by `Abdur-Rahmaan bin `Auf:
While I was fighting in the front line on the day (of the battle) of Badr, suddenly I looked behind and saw on my right and left two young boys and did not feel safe by standing between them. Then one of them asked me secretly so that his companion may not hear, "O Uncle! Show me Abu Jahl." I said, "O nephew! What will you do to him?" He said, "I have promised Allah that if I see him (i.e. Abu Jahl), I will either kill him or be killed before I kill him." Then the other said the same to me secretly so that his companion should not hear. I would not have been pleased to be in between two other men instead of them. Then I pointed him (i.e. Abu Jahl) out to them. Both of them attacked him like two hawks till they knocked him down. Those two boys were the sons of 'Afra' (i.e. an Ansari woman). [Saheeh al-Bukhari: 3766]
There is no "clear" hadeeth that mentions that
women under the age of 15 did not come to the battles.
Akhee nyerekareem: I know you did not bring about this doubt, just thought I should clarify this issue- by the permission of Allaah. I hope you did not take any offense or anything of that sort. I love you for the sake of Allaah
BaarakAllaahu feekum
Wassalaamu `alaykum