The minimum age for marriage in fiqh has been a debated issue. This minimum limit is
typically interpreted with reference to Aisha's marriage to the Prophet. Husein Muhammad
argued, contrary to popular belief, that Aisha's age at the time of her marriage was eighteen,
not nineteen. This paper explains the characteristics of Husein's views on the minimum age
for marriage in Islam. The data was collected from reviews of Husein's and other
researchers' works in which they discussed Husein's ideas. This paper argues that,
according to Husein, it is demonstrably untrue to postulate that Aisha was nine years old
when she married. Husein concluded that Aisha was at least eighteen when she wed the
Prophet. This interpretation arises as a result of his comparison between Aisha's age and
Asma's. Besides that, Husein also considers the maqāṣid syarīah principle, according to which
the age of eighteen is the minimum age that is physically and psychologically ideal and
more compatible with the soul preservation of women and their future offspring.
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