It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Any woman who marries without the permission of her guardian, her marriage is void, her marriage is void, her marriage is void. If the husband has had intercourse with her, then because of that intercourse the woman is entitled to her dowry (mahr). And if the guardians dispute with one another, then the ruler (sultan) is the guardian of the one who has no guardian." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. Abd al-Razzaq bin Hammam, Yahya bin Ayyub, Abdullah bin Lahi'ah and Hajjaj bin Muhammad al-Missisi have corroborated (Abu Asim) in this regarding Ibn Jurayj hearing it from Sulayman bin Musa, and Sulayman hearing it from al-Zuhri.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates the like of it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).