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Sahih Muslim 1421cصحيح مسلم 1421c
وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ " الثَّيِّبُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ يَسْتَأْذِنُهَا أَبُوهَا فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا " . وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ " وَصَمْتُهَا إِقْرَارُهَا " .
Sufyan reported on the basis of the same chain of transmitters (and the words are): A woman who has been previously married (Thayyib) has more right to her person than her guardian; and a virgin's father must ask her consent from her, her consent being her silence, At times he said: Her silence is her affirmation.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن يحيى ← سفيان بن عيينة ← زياد بن سعد ← عبد الله بن الفضل ← نافع بن جبير بن مطعم ← عبد الله بن عباس
Muhammad ibn Yahya → Sufyan ibn Uyayna → Ziyad ibn Sa'd → Abdullah ibn al-Fadl → Nafi' ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im → Ibn `Abbas