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They were married when she was six years old and he 'de-flowered' her when she was nine.
So, Aisha was betrothed to Muhammad, and 3 years later, i.e. when Aisha was 9, the marriage was
consumed. And Muhammad was 53 then [SAHIH BUKHARI
1991:236,7:64,7:65,7:88] .
The 3 year waiting period probably had to do with the fact that at that time Aisha had contracted
some disease, whereby she, temporarily lost her hair. Aisha was then socially and psychologically
still a child as is evidenced by the fact that she was still given to her toys, she was unaware of
what was happening around her, and her playmates behave as would the children at present times
[Sahih Bukhari 8:151,5:234].
Aisha became Muhammad's favourite wife. And the sexuality in the relationship was predominant [
SAHIH BUKHARI .1.270, 3:36, 7:6, 3:148, 3:149, 3:150, 7:142, IbnSa'd 1pg165 ]. Later, Aisha was to
be called the "mother of believers".
Link to more references...
http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/muhtpammed.htm