Challenges to Islam

• Q1 - I have seen somewhere which states that Allah was actually a moon god in Pre-Islamic Arabia and that's why we have a Crescent moon for our sign. I have hear arguments that the Prophet Muhammad (s) was a child molester as he had married Ayesha when she was very young. Please answer these challenging confusions! 

  A - 1. In the Quran in the story of Prophet Ibrahim it is very clear that Allah is the Creator of the moon in Chapter 6, verse 77 of the Holy Quran:
  
  Then, when he saw the moon rising, he said, This is my Lord! But when it set, he said, Had my Lord not guided me, I would surely have been among the astray lot.
  
  2. The crescent is not originally an Islamic symbol. It was first created and popularized by the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century A.D and it was meant to symbolize the Prophets splitting of the moon in which the stars showed in between.
  
  3. Prophet Muhammad was a kind man who showed kindness and fairness to all people. His marriages were not based on carnal desires. Based on our teachings, she was not very young, some narrations say that she was 27 years old. Please see the following for more reference: https://www.al-islam.org/life-muhammad-prophet-sayyid-saeed-akhtar-rizvi/marriages-holy-prophet
  
  For Ayeshas age in marriage, see also https://www.al-islam.org/articles/how-old-was-ayshah-when-married-prophet-muhammad-muhammad-husayn-al-qazwini

  
  
  

  MoulanaOnline Aalim Team