UNDERAGE MARRIAGE IN THE CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY FIQH PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Young marriage or in the  current  context  called  child  marriage  has  long  been  a  culture  in Indonesian society. It takes a hard struggle to inhibit the rate of child marriage in Indonesia. The existence  of  the  term  young  marriage  or  child  marriage  is  after  the  provisions  of  laws  and regulations  regarding  the  minimum  age  limit  for  marriage,  while  in  Islamic  law  there  is  no terminology of young marriage or child marriage. The high rate of child marriage in Indonesia is because  Indonesian  society  still  adheres  to  the  understanding  that  after  reaching  puberty  it  is permissible to marry, regarding age is a freedom given by Allah to determine for themselves based on  the  situation  and  conditions  of  each  individual.  This  understanding  is  not  without  reason, howeverbased on the absence of a verse of the Qur'an that clearly and specifically mentions the age limit for marriage and there is no hadith of the Prophet that directly mentions the age limit. As time  goes  by  and  science  becomes  more  sophisticated,  this  understanding  must  be  immediately shifted to the understanding that the minimum age limit must be understood as an effort to save the future of the nation by using Muhammad Syahrur's limit theory as an analytical tool.