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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الثَّيِّبَ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا عِنْدَ اسْتِئْمَارِهَا فِي الْإِذْنِ عَلَيْهَا

ibnhibban:4084 – Abū Khalīfah > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A girl has more right to her own self than her guardian, and the virgin must seek permission for her marriage, and her silence is her permission."  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا»  

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nasai:3261 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Mālik b. Anas

"A previously married woman has more right to decide about herself (with regard to marriage) than her guardian, and an orphan girl should be consulted, and her permission is her silence."  

النسائي:٣٢٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ نَافِعٍ بِسَنَةٍ وَلَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ حَلْقَةٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْيَتِيمَةُ تُسْتَأْمَرُ وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا  

darimi:2234 – Khālid 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:٢٢٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

ibnhibban:4087 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A widow has more right to dispose of herself than her guardian, and a virgin must seek permission from her guardian, and her silence is the permission."  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا»