Narrator:Abu Hurayrah
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُنْكَحُ الْأَيِّمُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْمَرَ وَلَا تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ» . قَالُوا: يَا رَسُول الله وَكَيف إِذْنهَا؟ قَالَ: «أَن تسكت»
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A woman without a husband* must not be married till she is consulted, and a virgin must not be married till her permission is asked.” When asked how her permission was indicated he replied that it was by her saying nothing. * Ayyim. This means a woman who has no husband. It may mean a woman who has not been married, whether a virgin or not, or a woman previously married who has no husband. See n. 2. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5136, 6968, 6970), Muslim (No. 1419a, 1419b), At-Tirmidhi (No. 1107), An-Nasa’i (No. 3265, 3267), Ibn Majah (No. 1871), Ahmad (No. 7097, 9127, 9232) and Ad-Darimi (No. 2091). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3126).