She was admitted to the house of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) just at the threshold of her puberty, the most impressionable and formative period of her life. … Even from the psycho-sexual standpoint it was a happy union as it is evident from the records of the Hadith. ‘When the difference (in ages),’ says Von De Velde, Director of the Gynaeological [sp] Clinic at Harlem [New York?], ‘is great, e.g. exceeds fifteen or twenty years, the results may be happier.
Alipelekwa kwenye nyumba ya Nabii Mtakatifu (amani na iwe juu yake) muda mfupi kabla ya kubarehe kwake, kipindi ambacho ni rahisi zaidi kujengeka na kuathirika katika maisha yake. … Hata kwa kuangalia jinsia na maumbo ndoa hii ilikuwa ni yenye furaha kama inavyoonyeshwa kwenye rekodi za Hadithi. ‘Wakati tofauti (ya umri),’ anasema Von De Velde, Mkurugenzi wa Zahanati ya Magonjwa ya Wananawake (Gynaeological) ya Harlem [New York?], ‘ni kubwa, mf. inazidi miaka kumi na tano hado ishirini, matokeo yanaweza kuwa furaha zaidi.