Well yeah no shit, of course physical fitness matters, that is also probably why Muhammad didn't consummate until Aisha was 9 despite having married her at 6, but keep in mind that sexual activities are not limited at direct penetration...zero is pushing it too far though lmao. And of course I am talking exclusively about marriage as sexual relations outside it automatically get the death penalty in islam.
You get the part about physical fitness and the delay in consummation. However, we do not permit any form of consummation till the girl is fit for intercourse. I am a bit unsure here, but being alone with her could count as consummation and make her entitled to her full dowry. After that you can have other sexual activities during her menstruation etc. (There are specific details here I am unsure of, however, getting a handjob should be OK if there is agreement) when actual intercourse is not permitted.
It is not the legal or moral consequences what I was citing but the controlled environment a marriage is. You can't buy a girl a lollipop and fool her into having sex with you. You need her guardian to approve of you. No man in his right mind would marry of her daughter to someone who would abuse her lack of experiences.
Okay sorry that is the most retarded argument I've ever heard, what would that change at the end of the day? And what if she's pubescent but looks otherwise? And yeah even if she doesn't look pubescent there is an infinitesimal chance she might get pregnant (and it has happened before).
It is not like you are fucking babies. You are fucking girls that are physically grown. The chance is not infinitesimal when she is close to puberty. That is the age when it is permitted to marry her. She is considered prepubescent just because she didn't bleed yet. She soon will or she will get pregnant, which is another marker of puberty.
Also jfl at muslims trying to adhere to new feminist western morals to save face when no one throughout history ever brought up the fact that Muhammad had a childbride as a bad thing until recently so now we gotta look for every small excuse to deny that, the absolute state of the 'ummah'
If he saw his followers today he would have roped
I admit that I too feel disappointed with the sense of inferiority Muslims feel towards the west. However, the truth is we have no idea if she had crossed puberty or not. I have heard that some scholars have reported women hitting puberty by that age in the region, but I am unsure, even if it is true, we cannot be certain about Aisha(RA). What we know for certain is that, she was a child when she was married off and seemed to know what was going on when she was sent to cohabitate with him.
However, it is not right to say that the prophet(PBUH) "would have roped". He was a messenger of Allah. Who can trust God better than one who receives revelations from him? This verse is situationally relevant:
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].
93:3
Are you Muslim?
Oh! And I forgot to mention, he had older wives and his favourite wife was Khadija(RA). So, it is incorrect to call him a paedophile as his inclinations weren't exclusive to prepubescents.