re: #95 SanFranciscoZionist

A friend of mine who is rather learned about such things says that it’s also probable that Aisha’s age is rounded sharply down in the accounts to emphasize her purity (she is the only virgin Mohammed married). He reckons she would have been a few years older, since menarche was normally what indicated a girl was marriageable.

How old was Mary when she was betrothed to Joseph?