It's always infantilising when it comes to literal teenagers but I've never seen you types be friends with 18 year old boys.
I am friends with 18 yr olds. I donβt where you got the idea that a 21 yr old wonβt have a 18 yr old friend. Hell Iβve even got 35 yr old friends that I go hunting with
They are teenagers, they are barely adults. Anyone with sense will understand that they aren't as developed as the fully grown men they're always paired with. That they do not have the experience to sus out bad qualities in people and navigate relationships. So it is not ethical when considering the power imbalance.
Again, you are acting as if you have met all 18 yr olds and just generalising their capabilities. I donβt disagree that there are some immature 18 yr olds that would be incompatible with say a 25 yr old but there is another side of the coin where a 18 yr old understands much more and can identify red flags particularly when they have family around them. Furthermore, there are 30 yr olds that cannot sus out bad qualities. Itβs not simply an age gap thing but itβs the maturity and wisdom of the person.
As for there being a power imbalance, there is a power imbalance in all marriages. Why would that make a marriage unethical?Imagine if power imbalances alone made marriages unethical. Wouldnβt that mean a king couldnβt marry anyone since he was the highest authority with the most might? Or a wealthy man couldnβt marry a poor woman because his financial power causes an imbalance or heck a man couldnβt marry a woman because men have a degree of authority over women in marriage.
Disgusting you see treating girls for the teenagers that they are as "infantilising".
Look you can use hyperbole and adhominem attacks all you want but that doesnβt change the fact that you think a 17 yr old isnβt capable of having a relationship with a peer. You are infantilising them.
Yes I am Muslim but no I do not use the Quran as my only moral guiding force. It my main one but not my only one. My use of walahi is something I grew up with.
Sure but the Quran and sunnah should be your primary moral guiding force. If any tertiary moral guiding forces have principles and epistemologies that contradict that of the primary force you must drop it as it is wrong.