Re: Human standards of adulthood
Nature also permits inbreeding among animal species. It permits male animals to kill the young of a rival male so that he can propagate his own DNA and purge the genes of his rival. Nature permits certain animals to eat their own young upon birth.
And just because a standard is created by human beings doesn’t mean it’s flawed. Allah SWT has given us certain commands but He has also given us common sense. If He didn’t want us to have standards He wouldn’t have allowed us the power to think and come up with rational conclusions/answers. Just because He has permitted us to do something doesn’t mean that it’s the right thing to do for a particular person in a particular circumstance. For example, Islam allows marriages between cousins. Does that mean that cousin marriages are right for everybody? No…in fact, having such marriages repeatedly throughout every generation of a family has been known to result in genetic abnormalities/disease. So should a family in which there are many health issues continue with their tradition of inter-family marriages? They are certainly allowed to do so under Islam. But is it wise? Probably not.