EVIDENCE # 3: The Age of Ayesha in Relation to the Age of Fatima
According to Ibn Hajar, %u201CFatima was born at the time the Ka`bah was rebuilt, when the Prophet was 35 years old... she was five years older that Ayesha%u201D (Al-isabah fi tamyizi%u2019l-sahabah, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Vol. 4, p. 377, Maktabatu%u2019l-Riyadh al-haditha, al-Riyadh, 1978).
If Ibn Hajar%u2019s statement is factual, Ayesha was born when the Prophet was 40 years old. If Ayesha was married to the Prophet when he was 52 years old, Ayesha%u2019s age at marriage would be 12 years.
CONCLUSION: Ibn Hajar, Tabari an Ibn Hisham and Ibn Humbal contradict each other. So, the marriage of Ayesha at seven years of age is a myth.
