Islamic law

Islamic law sanctions marriage based on maturity not age – Ahmad Sani

Islamic law sanctions marriage based on maturity not age – Ahmad Sani

SENATOR Ahmad Rufai Sani, ANPP, Zamfara West Wednesday said that under the Islamic law, a girl was considered ripe for marriage based on her physical and mental maturity and not necessarily age, just as he stressed that situations could arise where a very big girl was ready for marriage at age 14, 15, 16 as obtained in other countries.