It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "An orphan girl is to be consulted about herself (her marriage). If she remains silent, that is her consent, and if she dislikes it, there is to be no compulsion upon her." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. It has a supporting narration (shahid) with a sahih chain from Abu Hurayrah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An orphan girl is to be consulted about herself (her marriage). If she remains silent, that is her consent, and if she refuses, then it (a forced marriage) is not permissible upon her." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he married the daughter of his maternal uncle, Uthman bin Maz'un. He said: Her mother came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: My daughter dislikes (this marriage), by Allah! So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to separate from her, and he separated from her. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not marry off women until you have consulted them; if they remain silent, that is their permission." Later, after Abdullah, Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) married her. This is a great and sahih (authentic) hadith on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away, Khawlah bint Hakim (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Uthman bin Maz'un, said in Makkah: O Messenger of Allah, will you not marry? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whom?" She said: If you wish, a virgin, and if you wish, a previously married woman. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is the virgin?" She said: The daughter of the one most beloved to you of Allah's creation, Aishah bint Abi Bakr. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "And who is the previously married woman?" She said: Sawdah bint Zam'ah bin Qays, who has believed in you and followed the law you brought. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and mention me to the two of them." So she came and entered the house of Abu Bakr and said: O Abu Bakr, how much good and blessing Allah has brought to you! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me to propose to Aishah on his behalf. He said: Call the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to me. So she called him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and he (Abu Bakr) married her to him. At that time Aishah was seven years old. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) proposed marriage to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is still young." Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) proposed, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) married her to him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

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).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman is not to be married without the permission of her guardian. If she marries, her marriage is void" - he (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this three times - "and if the husband has intercourse with her, then in return for it the woman is entitled to her dowry (mahr). And if they (the guardians) quarrel among themselves, then the ruler (sultan) is the guardian of the one who has no guardian."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any woman who marries without the permission of her guardian, her marriage is void, her marriage is void, and she will receive her dowry (mahr) because of the intercourse. And if they differ among themselves, then the ruler (sultan) is the guardian of the one who has no guardian." Through the narrations of reliable Imams, the narrators' hearing from one another has been established. Therefore these narrations cannot be faulted on the basis of Ibn Ulayyah's report that he asked Ibn Jurayj about it, and that he said: I asked al-Zuhri and he did not recognize it. For at times a trustworthy hafiz forgets a hadith after having narrated it, and this has happened with several of the huffaz of hadith.

It is narrated from Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him) that it was mentioned in his presence that Ibn Ulayyah says, concerning this narration of Ibn Jurayj, "There is no marriage without a guardian": Ibn Jurayj said: I met al-Zuhri and asked him about it, and he did not recognize it - while al-Zuhri had praised Sulayman bin Musa. At this Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said: Ibn Jurayj had properly compiled books, and this (Ibn Ulayyah's claim) is not found in his books.