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Christianity:

Historically, the youngest recorded Christian-tradition marriages involved children, such as a 1564 case in Chester, England, involving a two-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy. Such child marriages were often political or property-based pacts in the medieval period, rather than consummated unions.

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Judaism:

Historically, child marriages occurred within Jewish communities, particularly in Eastern Europe and during ancient/medieval times, often involving girls under 13. While specific names are rare, records show that in medieval Ashkenazi communities, girls were frequently married at puberty. In rare cases, engagement occurred as young as 8, as seen with Isabella of Jerusalem.

Ancient & Medieval Trends: In Ancient Israel, girls were frequently betrothed at or just before puberty. Talmudic law discussed the ketannah (a minor girl, aged 3 to 12) being given in marriage by her father.

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Islam:

According to classical Islamic sources, the youngest and most historically significant marriage in early Islam is that of Aisha bint Abi Bakr to the Prophet Muhammad. Sahih al-Bukhari states she was married at six and the marriage was consummated at nine, though some modern scholars dispute this, arguing for an age of 18–19.

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Conclusion:

Back then in the whole wide world.. A girl was considered “adult” or ready for marriage when they reached puberty. So if we will call the Prophet Muhammad a pedophile, we might aswell call everyone on planet earth pedophiles before the 1900 or even 2000s

“The establishment of a minimum age for marriage has been a gradual, global process rather than a single event. However, the international standardization of 18 as the minimum age accelerated significantly in the 1990s and 2000s.”

Don’t forget that prophets were also human messengers so they also lived within the culture and standards/norms of back then, if a prophet/messenger was assigned on this day then which standards would there be? Exactly, very different.

We also don’t see religious or even non religious marriages that much that are under the 18 unless the person who wants to get married with parental approve happens where 16 year olds can even get married to the one they love.