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<blockquote>Ruling 2428. If a person marries a non-bālighah (prepubescent) girl, it is unlawful for him to have sexual intercourse with her until she has completed nine lunar years.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Ruling 2428. If a person marries a non-bālighah (prepubescent) girl, it is unlawful for him to have sexual intercourse with her until she has completed nine lunar years.</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>Ruling 2528. There is no ʿiddah for a girl who has not completed nine lunar years nor for a postmenopausal woman. This means that even if their husbands have had sexual intercourse with them, they can marry immediately after divorce.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Ruling 2528. There is no ʿiddah for a girl who has not completed nine lunar years nor for a postmenopausal woman. This means that even if their husbands have had sexual intercourse with them, they can marry immediately after divorce.</blockquote><ref>Ayatollah</ref> | ||
The above two rulings appear to imply that ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī believes that sexual intercourse with a prepubescent girl is permissible given that he has stipulated a fixed age regardless of the girl's actual biological maturity. | The above two rulings appear to imply that ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī believes that sexual intercourse with a prepubescent girl is permissible given that he has stipulated a fixed age regardless of the girl's actual biological maturity. | ||