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salam alikom,
Unbeliever: Why did your prophet marry a 12 year old?
Muslim: Simply put, this was essential for the survival of the population due to the high mortality rate 1400 years ago, so it was a normal yet essential thing to do, to maintain the population.
If s/he gets confused, then just add: Otherwise, the population would not have been sustainable, because people had very short life spans, and many died at a very young age. So getting married and bearing as many children as possible, was the rational thing to do, since it was likely that 1/3 (I do not have a source for this) of the babies would die before reaching the age of say 3 years old] (again, I do not have a source for this).
Someone in my class asked me this a few days ago, and this is what I usually tell them - they seem to accept this argument as logical and are convinced. This is my favourite response, there are many others that are probably even more convincing that this, but I find this sufficient to keep my faith strong in Islam.
I hope this helps you too, isnshallah.
Wasalam alikom
Unbeliever: Why did your prophet marry a 12 year old?
Muslim: Simply put, this was essential for the survival of the population due to the high mortality rate 1400 years ago, so it was a normal yet essential thing to do, to maintain the population.
If s/he gets confused, then just add: Otherwise, the population would not have been sustainable, because people had very short life spans, and many died at a very young age. So getting married and bearing as many children as possible, was the rational thing to do, since it was likely that 1/3 (I do not have a source for this) of the babies would die before reaching the age of say 3 years old] (again, I do not have a source for this).
Someone in my class asked me this a few days ago, and this is what I usually tell them - they seem to accept this argument as logical and are convinced. This is my favourite response, there are many others that are probably even more convincing that this, but I find this sufficient to keep my faith strong in Islam.
I hope this helps you too, isnshallah.
Wasalam alikom