Sahih al-Bukhari 6968

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A virgin should not be married till she is asked for her consent; and the matron should not be married till she is asked whether she agrees to marry or not." It was asked, "O Allah's Apostle! How will she (the virgin) express her consent?" He said, "By keeping silent." Some people said that if a virgin is not asked for her consent and she is not married, and then a man, by playing a trick presents two false witnesses that he has married her with her consent and the judge confirms his marriage as a true one, and the husband knows that the witnesses were false ones, then there is no harm for him to consummate his marriage with her and the marriage is regarded as valid.

Notes

• وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنْ لَمْ تُسْتَأْذَنِ الْبِكْرُ وَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْ فَاحْتَالَ رَجُلٌ فَأَقَامَ شَاهِدَىْ زُورٍ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا بِرِضَاهَا فَأَثْبَتَ الْقَاضِي نِكَاحَهَا وَالزَّوْجُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الشَّهَادَةَ بَاطِلَةٌ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَطَأَهَا وَهْوَ تَزْوِيجٌ صَحِيحٌ

  machine translationSome people said: If a virgin is not asked for her permission and is not married off, and a man schemes and produces two false witnesses that he married her with her consent, and the judge confirms her marriage while the husband knows that the testimony is false, then there is no harm in his having intercourse with her, and it is a valid marriage. Report a problem

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Sunan Abi Dawud 2100Sunan an-Nasa'i 3261Musnad Ahmad 24494Sahih Ibn Hibban 4080Musnad al-Bazzar 8588al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5375

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبِي سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثر
   عن
3. 3
   Yaḥyá b. Abī Kathīr

   trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), but he practiced tadlīs and irsāld. 129 AH or 130 AH or 132 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍثقة ثبت ، لكنه يدلس ويرسل
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī

   Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AH
   هِشَامٌثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدر
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muslim b. Ibrāhīm

   trustworthy (thiqah), dependable (maʾmūn), a prolific narrator (mukthir); he went blind at the end of his lifed. Ibn Saʿd and others said: 222 AH, in «Zahrat al-Mutaʿallimīn»: 221 AH
   مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة مأمون مكثر ، عمي بآخره
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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