The prophet’s marriage to a nine-year-old was common custom in three religions

Evidence

(Aisha is a pseudonym but the name has significance to Muslims, for whom Aisha was the prophet’s youngest wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr who was to become the first caliph after the prophet’s death. Aisha is said to have been only nine when the prophet, then a man of more than fifty, married her, a custom of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity at that time.) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 273

Categorization

• CANDY: A compact, eyebrow-raising historical footnote that child marriage was shared custom across Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
• SHARE: Worth sending to anyone interested in the Aisha debate as a reminder that the practice was not uniquely Islamic in its era.