Abu Musa reported the Prophet as saying,“There is no marriage without a guardian.”Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

‘A’isha reported God’s Messenger as saying,“If any woman marries without the consent of her guardian her marriage is void, her marriage is void, her marriage is void. If there is cohabitation she gets her dower for the intercourse her husband has had. If there is a dispute*, the sultan is the guardian of one who has none.”* i.e., among guardians, Mirqat iii. 418 says that if their dispute would keep a woman from being married, they are treated as non-existent. Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet as saying, ‘Adulteresses are those women who marry themselves without evidence.”The soundest view is that it does not go back farther than Ibn ‘Abbas. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying,“An orphan girl should be consulted about herself; if she says nothing that indicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot be exercised against her will.”Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

Darimi transmitted it on the authority of Abu Musa.

Jabir reported the Prophet as saying,“Any slave who marries without his master's permission is a fornicator.”Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.

Ibn ‘Abbas told that a virgin came to God’s Messenger and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet allowed her to exercise her choice. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Abu Huraira reported God's Messenger as saying,“A woman may not give a woman in marriage, nor may she give herself in marriage, for the immoral woman is the one who gives herself in marriage.”Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Abu Sa'id and Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying,“He who has a son born to him should give him a good name and a good education and marry him when he reaches puberty. If he does not marry him when he reaches puberty and He commits sin, its guilt rests only upon his father." Baihaqi transmitted in Shu'ab al-iman.

‘Umar b. al-Khattab and Anas b. Malik reported God’s Messenger as saying that it is written in the Torah,“If anyone does not give his daughter in marriage when she reaches twelve and she commits sin, the guilt of that rests on him." Baihaqi transmitted in Shu'ab al-iman.