Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“A previously married woman has more right over herself than her guardian, and the consent of a virgin girl should be sought; her permission is her silence.”These are the words of the narrator named Ibn Sinan, and both of these differ from the narration transmitted by Fadl bin Musa from Ibn Mahdi. The Shaykh says:“Here, there is a possibility that the term ‘virgin girl’ used in this hadith refers to a virgin orphan girl; and Allah knows best. The reason is that we have already mentioned in the narrations transmitted from Salih bin Kaysan and others who followed him, that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The consent of an orphan girl should be sought.’”As for the words transmitted by Ibn Uyaynah from Ziyad bin Sa’d:“The father will seek permission from the virgin girl,”to our knowledge, no other narrator has agreed with Ibn Uyaynah regarding these words. It is possible that he mentioned this narration from his memory and his tongue erred, and Allah knows best. From Abu Burdah, the same narration is transmitted from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him):“The consent of an orphan girl should be sought.”