Pedophilia
The unscrupulous Islamaphobes label our dear prophet muhammad (peace be upon him)
as a pedophile. Yet, we find that the prophet (peace be upon him) could not at all fit
under this description, even by today’s standards! The American Psychiatric Association
uses the DSM-IV-TR classification scheme in order to diagnose pedophilia. We read:
Diagnostic Criteria for Pedophilia
Pedophilia, included in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) since 1968, continues to be
classified as a mental disorder. The DSM is the standard classification of mental
disorders used by mental health professionals and provides clear, objective
descriptions of mental illnesses, based upon scientific research…
The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for
Pedophilia (302.2) are: Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense
sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity
with a prepubescent child or children…
(Medem.com,
http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_d..._ID=ZZZUZRUZGL
C&sub_cat=355)
Pedophilia is diagnosed when an elderly man is involved with a pre-pubescent child.
Yet, Aisha (peace be upon her) moved into the Prophet’s house after she attained the age
of puberty. The English definition of puberty is sexual maturity, and Islamic scholars are
agreed that this is a precondition for marriage. This was the very reason that Aisha
waited three to four years after betrothal before she moved into her husband’s house.
Therefore, we see that the prophet (peace be upon him) was not at all a pedophile, even
by today’s standards.
It is impossible to accuse the prophet (peace be upon) of pedophilia because at that time a
nine year old pubescent girl was considered an adult, and not a child. This is stated
explicitly by Aisha (peace be upon her) herself:
When the girl reaches nine years of age, she is a woman.
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Nikah)
A. Squires wrote:
In almost all societies up until a couple of centuries ago, and still some so-called
“primitive” societies today, a girl who had reached puberty was not considered a
“child”. Therefore, to state that someone married a “child” in a societal context in
which said person was indeed not a “child” is simply both unfair and technically
incorrect.
It would be incorrect to use the Islamic legal definition of the term baligh in order to
classify someone as a pedophile. As we have discussed earlier in this book, a girl may be
pre-menarchal even when she is eighteen years old! But no psychiatrist would label a
man a pedophile for marrying a pre-menarchal eighteen year old. Psychiatrists use sexual
maturity as a guide (i.e. developed sex organs), and not menarche.
In any case, psychiatrists today would admit that their classification scheme is only valid
in the contemporary age. It would be invalid if applied to ancient civilizations. To do so
would be to diagnose hundreds of millions of ancient people with pedophilia.للمزيد من مواضيعي
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