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Sahih Muslim 1419aصحيح مسلم 1419a
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تُنْكَحُ الأَيِّمُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْمَرَ وَلاَ تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ إِذْنُهَا قَالَ " أَنْ تَسْكُتَ " .
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as having said: A woman without a husband (or divorced or a widow) must not be married until she is consulted, and a virgin must not be married until her permission is sought. They asked the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ): How her (virgin's) consent can be solicited? He (the Holy Prophet) said: That she keeps silence.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبيد الله بن عمر ← خالد بن الحارث بن عبيد ← هشام بن أبي عبد الله ← يحيى بن أبي كثير ← أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Ubaydullah ibn Umar → Khalid ibn al-Harith ibn Ubayd → Hisham ibn Abi Abdullah → Yahya ibn Abi Kathir → Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman → Abu Huraira