[Machine] There is no marriage without a guardian, as mentioned in the hadith of Az-Zuhri and the Sultan is the guardian for one who has no guardian. As for the narration attributed to Yahya ibn Ma'in, in which he denied the hadith "There is no marriage without a guardian," he did not deny the narration of Sulaiman ibn Musa. Rather, he denied a narration from Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz in the history of Yahya ibn Ma'in, who narrated from Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, who said: "I heard Al-Abbas ibn Muhammad Al-Douri saying, 'It was said to Yahya ibn Ma'in about the hadith of Aisha, 'There is no marriage without a guardian,' and Yahya said, 'Nothing is correct in this matter except the narration of Sulaiman ibn Musa. As for the narration of Hisham ibn Sa'd, they differ in it, and it was narrated by Al-Khayyat, meaning Hammad Al-Khayyat, and Ibn Mahdi, some of them accept it and some of them do not. He said, 'And I heard Yahya saying, Munzil narrated from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aisha, that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'There is no marriage without a guardian.' And Yahya said, 'This hadith is not significant.' Yahya ibn Ma'in only denied what was clarified in the narration of Al-Douri from him. He made an exception for the narration of Sulaiman ibn Musa and ruled its authenticity. He also denied the story of Ibn 'Ulayyah from Ibn Jurayj in his narration, as well as in the narration of Ja'far Al-Tayalisi from him, as previously mentioned. He also considered Sulaiman ibn Musa reliable in the narration of Al-Dhahabi from him. Therefore, the narration of Sulaiman ibn Musa is authentic, and all other narrations from Aisha, if anything from them is proven, serve as supporting evidence. And with Allah is the guidance.  

لَا نِكَاحَ إِلَّا بِوَلِيٍّ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَالسُّلْطَانُ وَلِيُّ مَنْ لَا وَلِيَّ لَهُ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي رُوِيَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ أَنَّهُ أَنْكَرَ حَدِيثَ لَا نِكَاحَ إِلَّا بِوَلِيٍّ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُنْكِرُ رِوَايَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى إِنَّمَا أَنْكَرَ مَا 13610 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ فِي تَارِيخِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيَّ يَقُولُ قِيلَ لِيَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ فِي حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ لَا نِكَاحَ إِلَّا بِوَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ يَحْيَى لَيْسَ يَصِحُّ فِي هَذَا الشَّيْءِ إِلَّا حَدِيثُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى فَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ فَهُمْ يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَحَدَّثَ بِهِ الْخَيَّاطُ يَعْنِي حَمَّادًا الْخَيَّاطَ وَابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ بَعْضُهُمْ يَرْفَعُهُ وَبَعْضُهُمْ لَا يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى يَقُولُ رَوَى مِنْدَلٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا نِكَاحَ إِلَّا بِوَلِيٍّ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ فَيَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ إِنَّمَا أَنْكَرَ مَا بَيَّنَهُ فِي رِوَايَةِ الدُّورِيِّ عَنْهُ وَاسْتَثْنَى حَدِيثَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى وَحَكَمَ لَهُ بِالصِّحَّةِ وَأَنْكَرَ حِكَايَةَ بْنَ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ ثُمَّ فِي رِوَايَةِ جَعْفَرٍ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ عَنْهُ كَمَا مَضَى ذِكْرُهُ وَوَثَّقَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ مُوسَى فِي رِوَايَةِ الدَّارِمِيِّ عَنْهُ فَحَدِيثُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى صَحِيحٌ وَسَائِرُ الرِّوَايَاتِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ إِنْ ثَبَتَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ لِحَدِيثِهِ شَاهِدٌ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ