<![CDATA[This paper analyzes the marriage of the Prophet Muḥammad (peace be upon him) to Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) within the framework of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, emphasizing the historical, normative, and educational dimensions of the event. Modern debates that highlight the issue of ʿĀishah’s age often stem from a literalist reading detached from the maqāṣid-based context of Islamic law. Through a qualitative literature study of classical sources such as al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah, al-Muwāfaqāt by al-Shāṭibī, and Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah al-Islāmiyyah by Ibn ʿĀshūr, this article finds that the marriage carries broad legal dimensions: the protection of lineage (ḥifẓ al-nasl), preservation of religion (ḥifẓ al-dīn), education of the ummah (taʿlīm al-ummah), and the formation of Islamic family ethics. Methodologically, this study employs a maqāṣidī-historical approach, using qualitative analysis of both texts and the 7th-century Arabian social context. The findings suggest that the marriage of ʿĀishah was not merely a historical fact but a sharīʿah instrument for safeguarding moral order and the epistemology of Islamic law. A maqāṣid-based understanding helps to avoid ahistorical interpretations while reinforcing the relevance of Islamic family ethics in the modern era.]]>
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