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darimi:2235Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik Awwal Shayʾ Saʾaltuh ʿAnh > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "The permission of a virgin is sought, and her silence is considered as her permission."  

الدارمي:٢٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ أَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تُسْتَأْذَنُ الْبِكْرُ وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا»  


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bukhari:5137ʿAmr b. al-Rabīʿ b. Ṭāriq > al-Layth > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of ʿĀʾishah > ʿĀʾishah

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! A virgin feels shy." He said, "Her consent is (expressed by) her silence."  

البخاري:٥١٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تَسْتَحِي قَالَ رِضَاهَا صَمْتُهَا  

darimi:2234Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “A woman without a husband has more right to her person than her guardian and a virgin’s permission must be asked, her permission being her silence. These are the words of Al Qa’nabi. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2098)  

الدارمي:٢٢٣٤حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْإِقْرَارَ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَا إِنَّمَا هُوَ الرِّضَى بِمَا سُئِلَتْ

ibnhibban:4082Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhib > Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Abū ʿAmr a freed slave of ʿĀʾishah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "To the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: Indeed, the virgin feels ashamed, so heﷺ said, 'Her acceptance is her silence.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تَسْتَحِي فَقَالَ ﷺ «رِضَاهَا صَمْتُهَا»