Islamic Marriages: What is their point?

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Re: Islamic Marriages: What is their point?

@bulleya

I see what your saying but puberty may come in an early age but does maturity come with it, mentally? Is an age 9-13 or even till 17 ready to run a house? In some cases yes, but mostly I have seen, not the best of results.

But bear in mind that historically (because these young marriages (9-13) don’t tend to happen much anymore), the child would not be running the house, because she would be a subordinate in a joint family.

My Nana had a preference for getting his daughters married young - mymum at 18 and my khala at 17), much to the horror of everyone else in my family (most girls back in the 70s/80s in my family would be married after university) . Nonetheless, my 17 year old khala began running her own house almost immediately and managed it admirably… as did my mum at 18.