Depends if she was sexually mature at the age of 9. Also if she consented.
I told that some scholars have this opinion based on some historical report and others differ.
I cannot also know if this poor girl was abused "unnaturally" and that caused the internal bleeding. The groom was sure a...
I am not a scholar and so i maybe very wrong.
The 9 years limitation is mostly based on the report of Ayesha's age when the marriage was consumated.
But according to other reports she could be around 16 to 18.
The bottom line is girl should have reached puberty.
The age of marriage is not 9 years. The age of marriage is post puberty but it cannot be less than 9 even if a girl got her periods. Its the lower limit, just like in Texas it is 14 years. I hope you got it. ;)
Its a cultural practice. According to Islam a girl is eligible to be married when she reaches puberty but it cannot be less that 9yrs of age even if she gets periods before that(precocious puberty).
This was done everywhere and there was not an arbitary age limit of 18 to distinguish children...