Surah 4:6
"Test the orphan girls until they reach (the age of) marriage. If you perceive right judgment in them, hand over their property to them. Do not consume it wantonly or hastily before they are grown up. Whoever is wealthy should refrain (from using it), and whoever is poor should use (it) rightfully. And when you do hand over their property to them, take witnesses over them. God is sufficient as a reckoner."
Age of Marriage
Opposing Verses
Surah 65:4 → "(As for) those of your women who have no hope of (further) menstruation: if you are in doubt, their waiting period is three months, and (also for) those who have not (yet) menstruated. (As for) those who are pregnant, their term (is) when they deliver what they bear. Whoever guards (himself) against God – He will bring about some relief for him from His command."
Surah 65:5 → "That is the command of God, which He has sent down to you. Whoever guards (himself) against God – He will absolve him of his evil deeds, and make his reward great."
Does the Quran link marriage to an age of sound judgment, or does it allow marriage for those who have not yet menstruated? One verse instructs testing orphans until they reach the age of marriage and perceive right judgment, while another prescribes divorce waiting periods for those who have not yet menstruated.