Should child marriage be banned in Somalia?

Child marriages are a marker of poverty. Generally speaking, girls and the parents of a girl would want her to marry a man of the same generation as her.

Once the economy of Somalia rises, child marriages will be a thing of a past. You hardly see child marriages in stable societies. Child marriages are mostly common in war zones, places of drought (Somali meey for example) and other forms of instability.

Empower and educate the people and you’ll find that most parents do not like the idea of giving their daughters away to men significantly older.
Don’t you wonder why we never see the opposite of older women marrying young boys?
 
@AMusee spiritual role model is Sheikh Hersy who is wanted in the US on numerous rape charges.

So I wouldn’t be surprised if he has fucked up opinions.
He is obsessed with DH. The man that spends most of his times on YouTube talking down to actual scholars and sheikhs who are ten times more educated than him.
@Angelina what you continue to struggle to grasp is Umar RA was a knowledgeable and independent Sahabi which is why his opinions are valid.

You and a modern government are none of those things. You are weighing your harm/benefit on your personal opinion which is irrelevant. You are also advocating for it to be illegal by law.
What you struggle to understand is that Omar RA wasn’t the only one in Islamic history. Disallowing the Mubah isn’t only limited to Omar RA when you look at Islamic history.

Therefore, if Islamic scholars with the help of an Islamic government want to limit the age of marriage ect, why would it be an issue? Omar RA did not disallow marriage to Jews and Christians for religious reasons but for pragmatism. Therefore, what is wrong for scholars to do the same?


Modern schooling being halal is not comparable to marriage laws clearly outlined by the Shariah.

child marriage isn’t a Sunnah. You can’t grasp that. It is merely allowed. It is Mubah. Stop acting like it is wajib

What is Mubah is marriage to minors which is marriage before the age puberty, which is what the scholars speak on. Marriage at puberty has no difference of opinion, you are conflating the two for your own reasons.
Marriage ages in general is Mubah. It is permissible to marry at any age. I’m not conflating anything.

The marriage laws are clear and extensive and there is ample verses for Quran, Hadith, and scholarly opinion, your comparison of this to modern schooling is ridiculous. One is part of the Shariah the other is not.
There are verses in the Quran about permissibility of marrying Jews and Christian, but Omar RA feared that Muslim women would be left without a spouse. It was a pragmatic call, not a religious one as the Quran and Sunnah can’t be changed. That is what you’re not understanding.
You are advocating for the age of 17 and anything else to be illegal, meaning the clear Shariah made illegal. If you know anything about Islam you would know what a grave sin that is.
I’m not advocating for the laws to change to 17. It is legal for non Muslims to marry before but with the permission of the guardian even before that. I’m advocating for limiting child marriages. My issue is that you’re getting girls as young as 10,12, 13 dying on their wedding nights. It isn’t regulated and having some sort of limit in place will help that. What is more important? Women having spouses which was what Omar RA was worried about or young girls actually dying
On the Taliban thread that you keeping bringing up, it is another case of you making things up.
It isn’t. It shows your lack of inconsistency. At least with major Salafi scholars who are against age limits are also against banning education.
Similiar to the accusation of me slandering the digital sisterhood that I have asked you to show and you avoid each time, please show me where I even voiced support for the school ban? It is another one of your baseless claims and distractions
Nope, with the sisters thread I accused you of using the twitter posts of men who insulted them. If we go back, I never said you insulted them point blank and my main issue was your lack of Husn Al Dhan for your Muslim sisters but your advocation for a brother who even after converting openly bragged about Zina, weaponised Sex as some sort of threat, lack of aqlaaq, compared himself to God and the list goes on. Yet when it came to these sisters, you were one of the posters leading the witch hunt.


. I commented on a Taliban related thread to call out yours and others clear hypocrisy, when there were threads created about the suffering of people in Afghanistan you were nowhere to be found but wrote essays about girls schooling.
You do know lack of education and poverty is interlinked and no education will create even more poverty? Also, what about the women with no mahrams to support them? Who will provide for them.

Also, I did create a poster in which I said that right now, poverty is their biggest issue. You’re right in that regard. Even the men with degrees are struggling to find a job, let alone the women.
The logical connection is your advocacy is not for the well-being of anyone or women/girls but your liberal feminist ideology. Similar to how Westerners get outraged about mandated Hijabs but have no issues with bombing and sanctioning the same people.
No, I actually truly care for women. At the end of the day, I’m a woman.

Furthermore, your delusion is telling. I’m a hijabi. I wear abaya/hijab and jilbaab. Such laws impact me and my life more than it ever does yours, so who are you to talk about how something that I actually wear isn’t a concern of mine?
I did not comment on the school ban and even if I did, it not a part of the Shariah that modern schooling is mandatory for either girls or boys. What is clear is the Shariah around marriage that you are advocating to be made illegal.
Education is completely permissible. Same to child marriages being permissible. Child marriage isn’t wajib. You’re trying to create an impression in which it is.
Here is some context about Age of Marriage in Islam for the readers:


They’re consistent. They’re very point blank about women having the rights to education and finances due to making the halal haram argument, yet those you take from
DH aren’t consistent.
And here is some context about Yasir Qadhi the only reference used by @Angelina



Seriously? DH isn’t a scholar, isn’t knowledgeable and spends most of his time peddling Western concepts of Redpill. If you’re going to accuse me of feminism, then it’s ironic that a man who is so consumed by right wing speaking points and the manosphere is someone you take seriously. He is also inconsistent. I found his talk MH absolutely hilarious. In one breath, he talks about how women wanting finances and education in case of a divorce is lacking taqwa, yet MH and him discuss hiding assets and putting in their friends name in case of you guessed it…… ‘divorce’. Where is there ‘taqwa’ or is being cautious only allowed for men?

Absolute inconsistencies all around.
 
He is obsessed with DH. The man that spends most of his times on YouTube talking down to actual scholars and sheikhs who are ten times more educated than him.



What you struggle to understand is that Omar RA wasn’t the only one in Islamic history. Disallowing the Mubah isn’t only limited to Omar RA when you look at Islamic history.

Therefore, if Islamic scholars with the help of an Islamic government want to limit the age of marriage ect, why would it be an issue? Omar RA did not disallow marriage to Jews and Christians for religious reasons but for pragmatism. Therefore, what is wrong for scholars to do the same?




child marriage isn’t a Sunnah. You can’t grasp that. It is merely allowed. It is Mubah. Stop acting like it is wajib


Marriage ages in general is Mubah. It is permissible to marry at any age. I’m not conflating anything.


There are verses in the Quran about permissibility of marrying Jews and Christian, but Omar RA feared that Muslim women would be left without a spouse. It was a pragmatic call, not a religious one as the Quran and Sunnah can’t be changed. That is what you’re not understanding.

I’m not advocating for the laws to change to 17. It is legal for non Muslims to marry before but with the permission of the guardian even before that. I’m advocating for limiting child marriages. My issue is that you’re getting girls as young as 10,12, 13 dying on their wedding nights. It isn’t regulated and having some sort of limit in place will help that. What is more important? Women having spouses which was what Omar RA was worried about or young girls actually dying

It isn’t. It shows your lack of inconsistency. At least with major Salafi scholars who are against age limits are also against banning education.

Nope, with the sisters thread I accused you of using the twitter posts of men who insulted them. If we go back, I never said you insulted them point blank and my main issue was your lack of Husn Al Dhan for your Muslim sisters but your advocation for a brother who even after converting openly bragged about Zina, weaponised Sex as some sort of threat, lack of aqlaaq, compared himself to God and the list goes on. Yet when it came to these sisters, you were one of the posters leading the witch hunt.



You do know lack of education and poverty is interlinked and no education will create even more poverty? Also, what about the women with no mahrams to support them? Who will provide for them.

Also, I did create a poster in which I said that right now, poverty is their biggest issue. You’re right in that regard. Even the men with degrees are struggling to find a job, let alone the women.

No, I actually truly care for women. At the end of the day, I’m a woman.

Furthermore, your delusion is telling. I’m a hijabi. I wear abaya/hijab and jilbaab. Such laws impact me and my life more than it ever does yours, so who are you to talk about how something that I actually wear isn’t a concern of mine?

Education is completely permissible. Same to child marriages being permissible. Child marriage isn’t wajib. You’re trying to create an impression in which it is.

They’re consistent. They’re very point blank about women having the rights to education and finances due to making the halal haram argument, yet those you take from
DH aren’t consistent.

Seriously? DH isn’t a scholar, isn’t knowledgeable and spends most of his time peddling Western concepts of Redpill. If you’re going to accuse me of feminism, then it’s ironic that a man who is so consumed by right wing speaking points and the manosphere is someone you take seriously. He is also inconsistent. I found his talk MH absolutely hilarious. In one breath, he talks about how women wanting finances and education in case of a divorce is lacking taqwa, yet MH and him discuss hiding assets and putting in their friends name in case of you guessed it…… ‘divorce’. Where is there ‘taqwa’ or is being cautious only allowed for men?

Absolute inconsistencies all around.

You are just writing for the sake of it, repeating the same thing with different words for the sake of replying.

All was addressed in the last post for the readers. I will not continue typing for the sake of it. You can tag me again when you come up with an actual response to what I wrote.
 

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I am not a man but a woman.

How do you support the banning of female education when you as a female are educated??

You could’ve chosen not to go to university, it was not forced on you “by the West”.

No, you went.

Because you’re a hypocrite.
 
@Angelina why do you think it's good to restrict the age of marriage for teens considering how lustful the society today is?
You’re talking from a Western lens. The child marriages are usually ones that are forced and mostly due to poverty. Also, the marriages are sometimes even younger than when even Western children think about the opp sex let alone lust. This is about curtailing issues like little ten yr olds dying on their wedding nights and 13-14 yr olds be pressured by family so that they have one less mouth to feed.

A 16 yr old marrying isn’t also the same as a 12-13 yr old as we already know the literature of girls getting pregnant at menarche is linked to ectopic pregnancy, later infertility, increased risk of later cancer, major pregnancy complications and the list goes on

Isn't one of the purposes of marriage for people to fulfil their desires in a Halal way? If marriage for under-18 girls/boys was banned don't you think our under-18 people are vulnerable to falling for Zina?

True, I’m not opposed to young people marrying each other free from force, escaping poverty and the like. I believe it should be regulated. Also, the idea of little 13 yr olds getting into Zina is not common. Majority if those girls are literally just starting their periods and like I mentioned early pregnancy can be very unhealthy and later cause infertility if the pregnancy goes wrong. It is counter productive as a society as life expectancy has changed.

These laws were brought by Gaalo countries who have no problem with teens underage having sex but don't allow under-18 marriage. For example, in most western countries 16 years old or even below kids can have sex but they can't marry until they reach 18. Why do you think is that? They are simply discouraging the noble act of marriage and brother @AMusee has a problem with that.
That would obviously not be acceptable in an Islamic society. Also, the idea of Zina of little 13 yr olds simply isn’t common, nor is it seen as acceptable.
It's a liberal feminist thing as evidenced by most western countries recognizing marital rape recently after the rise of these movements.
If we’re going to call everything that impacts women negatively and women finally talking about as ‘feminist’ then as an ummah men and women will continue to be at odds. Speak to the least feminist of women and she’ll tell you such an act is damaging. A lot of scholars whilst might not see it as marital rape literally call it Domestic violence/sexual abuse.
 
How do you support the banning of female education when you as a female are educated??

You could’ve chosen not to go to university, it was not forced on you “by the West”.

No, you went.

Because you’re a hypocrite.
No way in hell is he a woman. I don’t believe it for one second. Calling yourself a woman when you’re in fact a man is a mental illness.

He’s not fooling anyone.

Authobillah. Absolute madness.
 

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Wallahi reading through this thread i'm completely surprised by the responses. How can we jump from our little bubble to the domain of tashriic? Becoming the amer and nahi.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ


Oh but wait we're restricting the mubah not forbidding it they're not the same thing. These are khutoato al-shaytan or the steps of iblis. Cherry picking aqwal al-sahaba رضي الله عنه who are by the way not infallible human beings or quranun yuha is like picking a qowl from every madhab to satisfy ones own nafs.
 

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Wallahi reading through this thread i'm completely surprised by the responses. How can we jump from our little bubble to the domain of tashriic? Becoming the amer and nahi.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ


Oh but wait we're restricting the mubah not forbidding it they're not the same thing. These are khutoato al-shaytan or the steps of iblis. Cherry picking aqwal al-sahaba رضي الله عنه who are by the way not infallible human beings or quranun yuha is like picking a qowl from every madhab to satisfy ones own nafs.

That’s a weak Hadith.

Crucifixes were very rare during the time of the prophet SAW. The crucifix did exist then but became widespread in the medieval period.

Hence, why I think this Hadith was declared weak.
 
If he did have a problem as the mahram he can decline based on his daughters maturity level or she can accept or decline the marriage.
Let us also note how this outrage is reserved for Islamic marriages and not degenerate Westerners promoting all kinds of filth in elementary schools or their celebrated culture of 18 year olds (arbitrary number) in relationships with rich old men, they have legal apps/websites for that.
Why is there an outrage from salafis when you want to have a minimum age requirement for marriage to protect vulnerable teenager women, using the sunnah as an excuse.

The extremists act like it's a pillar of Islam to marry under 16 year old while being 50+ . what are lots loosing out if you just went after a 19 year old?


Furthermore 99% of yall would reject a man who is 50+ asking for your underage daughters hand even a 25+ year old would be seen as weirdo .

Just because something is halal doesn't its necessary, because its not the only option ,as I said to avoid fitna & drama they can easily go after a 20 year old & everyone is happy.
 

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That’s a weak Hadith.

Crucifixes were very rare during the time of the prophet SAW. The crucifix did exist then but became widespread in the medieval period.

Hence, why I think this Hadith was declared weak.
Well i was in hurry and didn't check the grade of the hadith on this website good catch. I originally came across this hadith while looking for tafsir of the aya. The arabic website that i looked at said hassan.

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In tafsir of al-tabari there is no mention of Crucifixes.

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The tirmizi riwaya also has a similar version to the above hadith that is said to be sahih.

 
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A lot more complicated than that. Forced marriages in Somalia usually happens though emotional blackmailing and though the context of poverty. Hence, the girl would often say yes? Despite it actually being forced on her.
That means she doesn't actually want to do it, shes being coerced and manipulated to do something she doesn't want to do
 
A 14 year old isn't capable of leading a married life wether in the past or present.

Even if Somalis pass a law protecting minors; nothing is going to change. Somaliland parliament passed such a law a while back but nothing has changed, child marriage is present as ever in SL.
WHo said
 
Muslim Ulama in today’s modern world actually take a pragmatic view and actually worry about the health of young Muslim girls?
Most Muslim countries have some sort of age requirement for marriage and marrying young girls
the only countries who still allow child marriage are under developed, poor countries, war torn, and also with non-Muslim culture integrated into it.
 
Wallahi reading through this thread i'm completely surprised by the responses. How can we jump from our little bubble to the domain of tashriic? Becoming the amer and nahi.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ


Oh but wait we're restricting the mubah not forbidding it they're not the same thing. These are khutoato al-shaytan or the steps of iblis. Cherry picking aqwal al-sahaba رضي الله عنه who are by the way not infallible human beings or quranun yuha is like picking a qowl from every madhab to satisfy ones own nafs.
I’m not a scholar and I merely shared the views of Qadhi who has access to immense fiqh knowledge and history of Islam. Whether you agree with him or not. He is far superior to us when it comes to his knowledge of how Fiqh works and has access to works we could only dream to understand/read. Most people tend to have a grade 1 understanding of fiqh and that is the both of us. Also, he isn’t the only one that has that view. There is literally a whole aspect of fiqh called al-Siyasah al-Shar’iyyah, that goes back to the early days of Islam.

Like I said, I’m merely a layperson, If I’m wrong may Allah forgive me, but this isn’t a new concept at all. The reason why many of you lot are reacting this way, is because this isn’t well known. A lot of people including myself have 0 understanding of figh.


يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ۖ تَبْتَغِي مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَاجِكَ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ


Oh but wait we're restricting the mubah not forbidding it they're not the same thing. These are khutoato al-shaytan or the steps of iblis. Cherry picking aqwal al-sahaba رضي الله عنه who are by the way not infallible human beings or quranun yuha is like picking a qowl from every madhab to satisfy ones own nafs.
this is clearly a well known view amongst Scholars:

Governments are allowed to establish a law that sees to the welfare of its citizens. Citizens who fail to uphold this law, may not be held accountable in the court of Allah, but may be punished accordingly by the government. These concepts are well established under the branch of our Sacred Law known as al-Siyasah al-Shar’iyyah.



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I’m not a scholar and I merely shared the views of Qadhi who has access to immense fiqh knowledge and history of Islam. Whether you agree with him or not. He is far superior to us when it comes to his knowledge of how Fiqh works and has access to works we could only dream to understand/read. Most people tend to have a grade 1 understanding of fiqh and that is the both of us. Also, he isn’t the only one that has that view. There is literally a whole aspect of fiqh called al-Siyasah al-Shar’iyyah, that goes back to the early days of Islam.

Like I said, I’m merely a layperson, If I’m wrong may Allah forgive me, but this isn’t a new concept at all. The reason why many of you lot are reacting this way, is because this isn’t well known. A lot of people including myself have 0 understanding of figh.
You are 100% right and anyone who says a government cannot ban something permissible knows nothing about Islam.
In fact you can ban something mustahab if it leads to negative consequences.
 
I heard from one of my uncles who used to be a geeljire in Ethiopia back in the day that girls would get married at 16 to boys around their age like a 3 year age difference max. I also follow this cute nomad couple that look 18 at most with their own kid that's a toddler. Seems pretty common for teens to get married to eachother in badiyo

This is what is normal and acceptable. Teen love growing old together. Not some old man robbing a young girl's life experiences.
 

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How do you support the banning of female education when you as a female are educated??

You could’ve chosen not to go to university, it was not forced on you “by the West”.

No, you went.

Because you’re a hypocrite.
No way hes a woman, its impossible he is even more hardcore than me :faysalwtf:
 
No way hes a woman, its impossible he is even more hardcore than me :faysalwtf:
He’s not. I know hardcore women, but the way they view and argue things is completely different. There are still elements of understanding when it comes to the plight of women when it comes to certain practices and even the most hardcore of women would acknowledge this. I’ve had multiple debates with that man and not once did he mention that he was indeed a woman. Also, it is very unlikely that even a hardcore woman would be heavily into manosphere Muslim Dawah scene like DH. His talking point, interest ect are very much on par with a man who doesn’t have much insight to womanhood or even respect it to be frank. With regards to things that impact women, he is simply too detached and only a man who doesn’t understand or emphasize certain things about women can be like that, even if a woman did have similar views, the delivery would be incredibly different.
 
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