Can you tell me what is meant by the term consumed in the following Hadeeth:
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Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236:
Narrated
Hisham`s father:
Khadija
died three years before the Prophet departed to
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Prophet’s (saws)Marriage to Aisha (R.a.)
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nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
In literal terms ‘consumption’ or more accurately
‘consummation’ of a marriage means the time when a husband and wife enjoy
conjugal relations with each other.
It is recorded in Islamic History that the Noble Prophet
Mohamed (saws) had his marriage or ‘nikaah’ done with Hadrat Aisha (r.a.),
the daughter of his best friend and
noble companion Hadrat Abu-Bakr (r.a.) when she was six years of age, but she
continued to live in her father’s home until she was nine years old when she
moved in to live with the Prophet (saws) and the ‘rukhsati’ or consummation of
her marriage took place.
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Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
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