Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of (The Wedlock)
38- بَابُ إِذَا كَانَ الْوَلِيُّ هُوَ الْخَاطِبَ:
(38) Chapter. If the guardian himself is the suitor (of the lady in his charge) (can he marry her to himself or should another guardian marry her to him)?
2 hadith · references 5131–5132
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Bukhari · 5131وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِيهِنَّ سورة النساء آية 127 إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ ، قَالَتْ : هِيَ الْيَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ الرَّجُلِ قَدْ شَرِكَتْهُ فِي مَالِه فَيَرْغَبُ عَنْهَا أَنْ يَ(regarding His Statement) 'They ask your instruction concerning the women. Say Allah instructs you about them ...' (4.127) It is about the female orphan who is under the guardianship of a man with whom she shares her pro5 narratorsBukhari · 5132كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جُلُوسًا فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ تَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَخَفَّضَ فِيهَا النَّظَرَ وَرَفَعَهُ ، فَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ : زَوِّجْنِWhile we were sitting in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) a woman came to him and presented herself (for marriage) to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at her, lowering his eyes and raising them, but did not give a reply. One of4 narrators