Batasan usia perkawinan dalam perspektif ulama klasik dan kontemporer

Determination of the age limit for marriage is very important, because a marriage in addition to biological maturity also requires psychological. Marriage age restrictions are not discussed in the books of fiqh. Even the books of fiqh allow mating between males and females are still small. However, the absence of proof that explicitly limits the age of marriage is not the end of the establishment of a law. This paper wants to examine how the opinions of the scholars of the age limit of marriage, especially in classical and contemporary scholars, which in this case is focused on the opinion of Ibn Kathir (as classical scholars) and Rashid Rida (as contemporary scholars). At the end of the article concluded that bulugh al-nikah according to Ibn Kathir (classical scholars) means old enough or smart, while according to Rashid Rida (contemporary scholars) means the arrival of a person to age for marriage, namely to dream. The difference is because the interpretation of Ibn Kathir more focused on the physical aspect of the outward and simultaneously have mukallaf, while Rashid Rida focuses on the mental side, which is seen in the attitudes and behavior.