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Sahih al-Bukhari 6971 (Book 90, Hadith 18) #6701
Consent in Marriage

SUMMARY: It is essential to have the consent of a virgin for marriage, and her silence can be taken as consent. Even if a man tricks her into marriage by bringing false witnesses, she can still agree to marry him when she reaches the age of puberty.

Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Messenger said, "It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, "A virgin feels shy". The Prophet; said, "Her silence means her consent". Some people said, "If a man falls in love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him) and then he makes a trick by bringing two false witnesses to testify that he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and agrees to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the husband knows that the witnesses were false ones, he may consummate his marriage".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ الْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تَسْتَحْيِي قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنْ هَوِيَ رَجُلٌ جَارِيَةً يَتِيمَةً أَوْ بِكْرًا، فَأَبَتْ فَاحْتَالَ فَجَاءَ بِشَاهِدَىْ زُورٍ عَلَى أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا، فَأَدْرَكَتْ فَرَضِيَتِ الْيَتِيمَةُ، فَقَبِلَ الْقَاضِي شَهَادَةَ الزُّورِ، وَالزَّوْجُ يَعْلَمُ بِبُطْلاَنِ ذَلِكَ، حَلَّ لَهُ الْوَطْءُ‏.‏

TOPICS
marriage  *  consent  *  virginity  *  witnesses  *  zawaj  *  razooq  *  bakarat  *  shuhadaa

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Get permission from a virgin before marrying her .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the importance of consent in marriage. According to this hadith, it is essential for a virgin woman to give her consent before getting married. Her silence can also be taken as an indication that she agrees with the marriage. The hadith also mentions that even if someone tricks a woman into getting married by providing false witnesses, she still has the right to agree or disagree with it when she reaches adulthood. This shows that Islam gives women autonomy over their own lives and decisions regarding their marriages.

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