"If your daughter starts her menstruation at the age of 9, 13, 14, at whatever age, she is full age and she can marry at that age.
"The Egyptian girl that I married recently has a child. She is 17 years but she is in school. They said l married her when she was 13 years, but actually she was 14." -



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.

According to him, the 1999 Constitution does not in any way provide for any specific age when a girl could be married, but was quick to add that the same constitution stipulates that any girl aspiring to be married must attain a full age.

Speaking Wednesday in an interview on the ‘Kakaaki’ aired programme by the African Independent Television (AIT), Senator Ahmad Sani who denied backing the child marriages during the clause by clause voting on the report of the Senator Ike Ekweremadu led Constitution review, said insinuations that he supported child marriage during the exercise were untrue, misleading and however attributed that entire criticisms to what he termed, the handiwork of mischief-makers.


According to him, the constitutional provision in the 1999 Constitution was in consonance with the Islamic law which states that for a girl to be married, she must have attained the age of maturity and puberty, adding, “What is the criteria for defining maturity or otherwise of a girl?

‘’The Nigerian constitution didn’t say 18 years. There is no definition in the Nigerian constitution; any woman who is married is of age. You see in Islamic law, once a girl reaches the age of puberty and she is matured she is of full age and she is ready for marriage.

“And once she is married, she is of full age. And that is why the constitution recognises Islamic law and made that provision. So if you say you are going to remove that provision, you are going against and counter to Islamic law.

“So under Sharia law, any country that practices Sharia, age is not a defining factor for marriage.”

Commenting on international conventions that pegged the age at which a girl can be married at 18 and to which Nigeria was a signatory, the former governor of Zamfara State noted that such international conventions were inferior to the constitutional provisions of the affected country, adding that once a convention was in conflict with the constitution of any country, the constitution naturally must prevail.

Substantiating his argument, the lawmaker explained that the United Kingdom which is a signatory to the same convention, an age limit of 16 to be eligible to engage in sexual intercourse.

“Today as I am talking to you now let me tell you the consent for girls to have sex is 13 and 14. In Spain it is 13. They all signed these conventions. The conventions are not anything to go by once your constitution makes provisions.

“Under sharia law, you have to be physically and maturely developed.

So if she (a girl) is not the age of 18, Islam does not accept child marriage as you define it. Child marriage is a girl that is not matured, has not reached the age of puberty, she is a minor and it is not age. You can have a very big girl who is ready for marriage at age 14, 15, 16 just as is obtained in other countries. Maturity is defined by her physical appearance, by when a girl starts menstruation for example, she is matured.”

Senator Sani who also said that under Islamic law, a widow has the right to inherit the property of her late husband no matter her age, declared that “in fact, there is a formula (written); you see as far as Islamic law is concerned Islam has a code of conduct. It has every provision.’’

The Senator who gave an example of his first wife who was 16 years when they got married her at the age of 16 and his second wife, an Egyptian, who was 14 when he married her, said, “It is not the age as far as Islamic law is concerned, it is the maturity and age of puberty.

These issues are all matters of faith. As I said, some people are talking out of ignorance or out of sheer mischief. I am a Muslim and Nigeria is a multi-religious society. That is why our constitution makes ample provision for Sharia law, common law and for customary law.

“So we are expected to live together, appreciate the differences we have and understand ourselves. I should respect the views, aspirations and feelings of Christians and the Christian is expected to respect my own religious faith. If I believe in something and this is the doctrine of Islam, I mean a non-Muslim should not bother to find out why I should believe in that.

“Recently, I saw in Al Jazeera that the present Pope said gays should be allowed freedom in society, whatever it means but the Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said he was going to march to the Senate if we approve gay marriage. So these are matters of interpretations.

“In Islamic law, we don’t have problem of interpretation, we have a written law and from the inception of this law every item is clearly defined.

“So in Nigeria today, what is lacking is people do not understand their laws. Some people thought that Senator Yerima decided to introduce new things into the constitution, not knowing that this item is in the constitution. Those who put it there were very sensitive on the issues of our faith – as Muslims and they respect our feelings and aspirations of Muslims.

‘’If you remove the definition of full age, you remove the woman. Like I said if a Moslem woman marries somebody who is not a Nigerian and you want her to live with him, with his own family with the children they have in his own country and you want her to be a citizen of his country and the country does not accept dual citizenship and she is not a kid and you do not make that provision for women; married women what does she do?

“She should wait in Nigeria until she is 18, even though she is married? So it is not even the issue of marriage, not the age of marriage but people are changing the debate to be talking about the marriage of minors.

“Islamic law does not accept for the marriage of a girl that is not matured, a girl that is not of age. This is where we have problem. Islamic law does not recognise age. We recognise maturity and puberty and you can see this from the physical appearance of the girl.

Maturity of mind, maturity of body, maturity of size, everything put together. It is not because of age.

“When I was looking at the UK law they put the age of consent for a girl to have sex or boyfriends at 16; for a homosexual they started with 21, they reduced it to 18, now they are reducing it to 16.

My argument is that somebody who is not a Muslim would not appreciate what is Islamic law. In Islamic law, we don’t use our sense to say well this is what we have to do. We are all guided by what our creator has said we must do. As far as we Muslims are concerned, we have no option, no choice.

“The Child Rights Act based on the Second schedule, Part 1, Section 61 is unconstitutional in relation to Islamic law and customary law. An Igbo woman who marries based on tradition and culture cannot be prosecuted under the Child Rights Act because the constitution specifically said the National Assembly can make laws for the formation and annulment of marriages excluding marriages under Islamic law and customary law because Islamic law has some specific rules and regulations.

“The Child Rights Act affects only those who conduct their marriages under common law in Nigeria today. The right is valid, it is constitutionally enacted but it affects only when you go and conduct your marriage in the church.”


http://www.hopefornigeriaonline.com/islamic-law-sanctions-marriage-based-on-maturity-not-age-senator/

Page booked.

Nicely said. Let Muslims practice their religion as long as it does not interfere with the rights of others.

who cares?

Somebody should tell Sen Yerima that S3x is not synonymous with marriage.

Marriage is a social contract between two free (if not equal) adults who know the implications of their respective decisions.

Why shouldn't boys who eja'culate sp3rm at 12 years of age to form babies not regarded as adults?

and this guy is a senator of the federal republic of Nigeria?
TUFIA!

This Jihadist rapist should hang himself. This is the same man Jonathan is associating himself with when he brought tens of mallams to pray with him.

Pathetic.

Something is seriously wrong with these followers of a man called Muhammed.

@Post

Senator Yerima needs to get his head checked. At his age, he is still making babies. Sigh!

The antics of a market buffoon provides comic relief in the market place and eternal shame to his relatives. Does Yerima have relatives at all?!
Please, correct me if i am wrong, but i think his first wife is a medical doctor. How is she managing his case?

hmm, the lady is still young, good luck.

They said l married her when she was 13 years, but actually she was 14.

Now i know this man is either insane or totally dumb. But seeing he was only emulating his 'prophet', i'm not really surprised.

Euroclydon: "If your daughter starts her menstruation at the age of 9, 13, 14, at whatever age, she is full age and she can marry at that age.
"The Egyptian girl that I married recently has a child. She is 17 years but she is in school. They said l married her when she was 13 years, but actually she was 14." -



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.e

According to him, the 1999 Constitution does not in any way provide for any specific age when a girl could be married, but was quick to add that the same constitution stipulates that any girl aspiring to be married must attain a full age.

Speaking Wednesday in an interview on the ‘Kakaaki’ aired programme by the African Independent Television (AIT), Senator Ahmad Sani who denied backing the child marriages during the clause by clause voting on the report of the Senator Ike Ekweremadu led Constitution review, said insinuations that he supported child marriage during the exercise were untrue, misleading and however attributed that entire criticisms to what he termed, the handiwork of mischief-makers.


According to him, the constitutional provision in the 1999 Constitution was in consonance with the Islamic law which states that for a girl to be married, she must have attained the age of maturity and puberty, adding, “What is the criteria for defining maturity or otherwise of a girl?

‘’The Nigerian constitution didn’t say 18 years. There is no definition in the Nigerian constitution; any woman who is married is of age. You see in Islamic law, once a girl reaches the age of puberty and she is matured she is of full age and she is ready for marriage.

“And once she is married, she is of full age. And that is why the constitution recognises Islamic law and made that provision. So if you say you are going to remove that provision, you are going against and counter to Islamic law.

“So under Sharia law, any country that practices Sharia, age is not a defining factor for marriage.”

Commenting on international conventions that pegged the age at which a girl can be married at 18 and to which Nigeria was a signatory, the former governor of Zamfara State noted that such international conventions were inferior to the constitutional provisions of the affected country, adding that once a convention was in conflict with the constitution of any country, the constitution naturally must prevail.

Substantiating his argument, the lawmaker explained that the United Kingdom which is a signatory to the same convention, an age limit of 16 to be eligible to engage in sexual intercourse.

“Today as I am talking to you now let me tell you the consent for girls to have sex is 13 and 14. In Spain it is 13. They all signed these conventions. The conventions are not anything to go by once your constitution makes provisions.

“Under sharia law, you have to be physically and maturely developed.

So if she (a girl) is not the age of 18, Islam does not accept child marriage as you define it. Child marriage is a girl that is not matured, has not reached the age of puberty, she is a minor and it is not age. You can have a very big girl who is ready for marriage at age 14, 15, 16 just as is obtained in other countries. Maturity is defined by her physical appearance, by when a girl starts menstruation for example, she is matured.”

Senator Sani who also said that under Islamic law, a widow has the right to inherit the property of her late husband no matter her age, declared that “in fact, there is a formula (written); you see as far as Islamic law is concerned Islam has a code of conduct. It has every provision.’’

The Senator who gave an example of his first wife who was 16 years when they got married her at the age of 16 and his second wife, an Egyptian, who was 14 when he married her, said, “It is not the age as far as Islamic law is concerned, it is the maturity and age of puberty.

These issues are all matters of faith. As I said, some people are talking out of ignorance or out of sheer mischief. I am a Muslim and Nigeria is a multi-religious society. That is why our constitution makes ample provision for Sharia law, common law and for customary law.

“So we are expected to live together, appreciate the differences we have and understand ourselves. I should respect the views, aspirations and feelings of Christians and the Christian is expected to respect my own religious faith. If I believe in something and this is the doctrine of Islam, I mean a non-Muslim should not bother to find out why I should believe in that.

“Recently, I saw in Al Jazeera that the present Pope said gays should be allowed freedom in society, whatever it means but the Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said he was going to march to the Senate if we approve gay marriage. So these are matters of interpretations.

“In Islamic law, we don’t have problem of interpretation, we have a written law and from the inception of this law every item is clearly defined.

“So in Nigeria today, what is lacking is people do not understand their laws. Some people thought that Senator Yerima decided to introduce new things into the constitution, not knowing that this item is in the constitution. Those who put it there were very sensitive on the issues of our faith – as Muslims and they respect our feelings and aspirations of Muslims.

‘’If you remove the definition of full age, you remove the woman. Like I said if a Moslem woman marries somebody who is not a Nigerian and you want her to live with him, with his own family with the children they have in his own country and you want her to be a citizen of his country and the country does not accept dual citizenship and she is not a kid and you do not make that provision for women; married women what does she do?

“She should wait in Nigeria until she is 18, even though she is married? So it is not even the issue of marriage, not the age of marriage but people are changing the debate to be talking about the marriage of minors.

“Islamic law does not accept for the marriage of a girl that is not matured, a girl that is not of age. This is where we have problem. Islamic law does not recognise age. We recognise maturity and puberty and you can see this from the physical appearance of the girl.

Maturity of mind, maturity of body, maturity of size, everything put together. It is not because of age.

“When I was looking at the UK law they put the age of consent for a girl to have sex or boyfriends at 16; for a homosexual they started with 21, they reduced it to 18, now they are reducing it to 16.

My argument is that somebody who is not a Muslim would not appreciate what is Islamic law. In Islamic law, we don’t use our sense to say well this is what we have to do. We are all guided by what our creator has said we must do. As far as we Muslims are concerned, we have no option, no choice.

“The Child Rights Act based on the Second schedule, Part 1, Section 61 is unconstitutional in relation to Islamic law and customary law. An Igbo woman who marries based on tradition and culture cannot be prosecuted under the Child Rights Act because the constitution specifically said the National Assembly can make laws for the formation and annulment of marriages excluding marriages under Islamic law and customary law because Islamic law has some specific rules and regulations.

“The Child Rights Act affects only those who conduct their marriages under common law in Nigeria today. The right is valid, it is constitutionally enacted but it affects only when you go and conduct your marriage in the church.”


http://www.hopefornigeriaonline.com/islamic-law-sanctions-marriage-based-on-maturity-not-age-senator/

Guy u be pervert e no get wetin u wan tell me to convince me otherwise!

Ayab1203:







Guy u be pervert e no get wetin u wan tell me to convince me otherwise!

first of all,r u a learner,y quote dt long trash?

2ndly,i dnt wnt 2 say anytin coz i may end up cursing yerima!
*drops pen*

na wa, your wife has a baby and is most likely in JSS2. Doesnt thins guy just see the stupidity in all this Wow, i am irritated.

LWTMB.

Did Mohammed actually sleep with a girl of 9? And suppose rational mordern man still take him seriously?

Did Mohammed actually sleep with a girl of 9? And suppose rational mordern man still take him seriously? It is sacriligious.

Unfortunately, its only a man's world....especially in this part of the world.

Too sad women has contributed more than men to this ugly development.
Its obvious mothers, aunties and female relations are more concerned about marrying off their underaged kids and pushing their older sons to gun for little kids.

Recently, a vibrant young lady was seeking for an elective post in my LGA only to be met with a stiff opposition by her fellow women.

Their reasons: "if she wins now, she will start doing guy for us", "look at her jewelry now, imagine what she will be wearing when she gets there".

Yerima shouldn't be the issue here, women who willingly and happily give out their 13 years old kids to 60 years old men whose badonky is 9inches are the problem.

Euroclydon: "If your daughter starts her menstruation at the age of 9, 13, 14, at whatever age, she is full age and she can marry at that age.
"The Egyptian girl that I married recently has a child. She is 17 years but she is in school. They said l married her when she was 13 years, but actually she was 14." -



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.

According to him, the 1999 Constitution does not in any way provide for any specific age when a girl could be married, but was quick to add that the same constitution stipulates that any girl aspiring to be married must attain a full age.

Speaking Wednesday in an interview on the ‘Kakaaki’ aired programme by the African Independent Television (AIT), Senator Ahmad Sani who denied backing the child marriages during the clause by clause voting on the report of the Senator Ike Ekweremadu led Constitution review, said insinuations that he supported child marriage during the exercise were untrue, misleading and however attributed that entire criticisms to what he termed, the handiwork of mischief-makers.


According to him, the constitutional provision in the 1999 Constitution was in consonance with the Islamic law which states that for a girl to be married, she must have attained the age of maturity and puberty, adding, “What is the criteria for defining maturity or otherwise of a girl?

‘’The Nigerian constitution didn’t say 18 years. There is no definition in the Nigerian constitution; any woman who is married is of age. You see in Islamic law, once a girl reaches the age of puberty and she is matured she is of full age and she is ready for marriage.

“And once she is married, she is of full age. And that is why the constitution recognises Islamic law and made that provision. So if you say you are going to remove that provision, you are going against and counter to Islamic law.

“So under Sharia law, any country that practices Sharia, age is not a defining factor for marriage.”

Commenting on international conventions that pegged the age at which a girl can be married at 18 and to which Nigeria was a signatory, the former governor of Zamfara State noted that such international conventions were inferior to the constitutional provisions of the affected country, adding that once a convention was in conflict with the constitution of any country, the constitution naturally must prevail.

Substantiating his argument, the lawmaker explained that the United Kingdom which is a signatory to the same convention, an age limit of 16 to be eligible to engage in sexual intercourse.

“Today as I am talking to you now let me tell you the consent for girls to have sex is 13 and 14. In Spain it is 13. They all signed these conventions. The conventions are not anything to go by once your constitution makes provisions.

“Under sharia law, you have to be physically and maturely developed.

So if she (a girl) is not the age of 18, Islam does not accept child marriage as you define it. Child marriage is a girl that is not matured, has not reached the age of puberty, she is a minor and it is not age. You can have a very big girl who is ready for marriage at age 14, 15, 16 just as is obtained in other countries. Maturity is defined by her physical appearance, by when a girl starts menstruation for example, she is matured.”

Senator Sani who also said that under Islamic law, a widow has the right to inherit the property of her late husband no matter her age, declared that “in fact, there is a formula (written); you see as far as Islamic law is concerned Islam has a code of conduct. It has every provision.’’

The Senator who gave an example of his first wife who was 16 years when they got married her at the age of 16 and his second wife, an Egyptian, who was 14 when he married her, said, “It is not the age as far as Islamic law is concerned, it is the maturity and age of puberty.

These issues are all matters of faith. As I said, some people are talking out of ignorance or out of sheer mischief. I am a Muslim and Nigeria is a multi-religious society. That is why our constitution makes ample provision for Sharia law, common law and for customary law.

“So we are expected to live together, appreciate the differences we have and understand ourselves. I should respect the views, aspirations and feelings of Christians and the Christian is expected to respect my own religious faith. If I believe in something and this is the doctrine of Islam, I mean a non-Muslim should not bother to find out why I should believe in that.

“Recently, I saw in Al Jazeera that the present Pope said gays should be allowed freedom in society, whatever it means but the Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said he was going to march to the Senate if we approve gay marriage. So these are matters of interpretations.

“In Islamic law, we don’t have problem of interpretation, we have a written law and from the inception of this law every item is clearly defined.

“So in Nigeria today, what is lacking is people do not understand their laws. Some people thought that Senator Yerima decided to introduce new things into the constitution, not knowing that this item is in the constitution. Those who put it there were very sensitive on the issues of our faith – as Muslims and they respect our feelings and aspirations of Muslims.

‘’If you remove the definition of full age, you remove the woman. Like I said if a Moslem woman marries somebody who is not a Nigerian and you want her to live with him, with his own family with the children they have in his own country and you want her to be a citizen of his country and the country does not accept dual citizenship and she is not a kid and you do not make that provision for women; married women what does she do?

“She should wait in Nigeria until she is 18, even though she is married? So it is not even the issue of marriage, not the age of marriage but people are changing the debate to be talking about the marriage of minors.

“Islamic law does not accept for the marriage of a girl that is not matured, a girl that is not of age. This is where we have problem. Islamic law does not recognise age. We recognise maturity and puberty and you can see this from the physical appearance of the girl.

Maturity of mind, maturity of body, maturity of size, everything put together. It is not because of age.

“When I was looking at the UK law they put the age of consent for a girl to have sex or boyfriends at 16; for a homosexual they started with 21, they reduced it to 18, now they are reducing it to 16.

My argument is that somebody who is not a Muslim would not appreciate what is Islamic law. In Islamic law, we don’t use our sense to say well this is what we have to do. We are all guided by what our creator has said we must do. As far as we Muslims are concerned, we have no option, no choice.

“The Child Rights Act based on the Second schedule, Part 1, Section 61 is unconstitutional in relation to Islamic law and customary law. An Igbo woman who marries based on tradition and culture cannot be prosecuted under the Child Rights Act because the constitution specifically said the National Assembly can make laws for the formation and annulment of marriages excluding marriages under Islamic law and customary law because Islamic law has some specific rules and regulations.

“The Child Rights Act affects only those who conduct their marriages under common law in Nigeria today. The right is valid, it is constitutionally enacted but it affects only when you go and conduct your marriage in the church.”


http://www.hopefornigeriaonline.com/islamic-law-sanctions-marriage-based-on-maturity-not-age-senator/

perverted paedophile

Just give me a gun and i'll shoot that f**ker in the head.

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.

Absolute bunkum.

So going by this flawed reasoning, a short, petite lady in her late 20s (who may even have a mental ailment) is not fit for marriage and child-bearing right?

When will these people get it? Child-bearing is an extremely strenous exercise that cannot be easily undertaken by girls whose bodies aren't fully formed enough to bear it!!!

Meanwhile, in all the drivel he spewed he (conveniently) made no mention of the scourge of VVF ravaging the north, he said NOTHING about the incidence of early divorce which has led to many cases of young single mothers with 2, 3, 4 or more kids, without any life skills to survive and thrive, resorting to begging to make ends meet.

It's convenient for you to quote Islamic law when it suits your perverted desires, yet you disobey such laws when they talk about accountability to the people you lead, showing genuine love to your fellow man and living at peace with others irrespective of their beliefs.

Bunch of sick, perverted cradle-robbers.

If that girl is really living in Egypt, I hope she takes advantage of the crisis there and runs away from this pedophile. Either way, she is probably cheating on him with a boy closer to her age.

Muslim or Christian this man is going to be burning for eternity when he dies.

this MAN

17yrs old girl giving birth? And d man is proud to say it? smh

I stopped reading when he said "she was actually 14,not 13yrs old as people are saying".

How the hell did I end up in the same country as this crack head peadophi-le.

he has given you the Islamic perspective to the issue and he owes none of you attacking him explanation as to how he practise his faith as commanded by God he serves so wats d fuse again....moreso he is saying exactly how his faith commanded him.its about physical and mental maturity not 1,2,3.....as counted by man.

Euroclydon: They said l married her when she was 13 years, but actually she was 14." -

Werey! what's the difference between 13 and 14?

Thank you my good man!

Congratulations!

Don't mind these CHRISTIAN BIG-GOATS that sleep with their own 2 year-old daughters!

Thank you for making her a respectable YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN!

It is your culture. . . I have no problem with it!

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIDE ON!

It is not 'PAINING' her again ooooooooooooooooooooooh!

MU CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE

*belchezzzzz*

Youngzedd: Pathetic.

may u never see peace in ur entire generation clown

rafhell: Something is seriously wrong with these followers of a man called Muhammed.

may u 4eva remain in ur confused religion,, d religions of contradiction