The Ruling on a Woman Marrying Herself
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Question:
The questioner says: Sister Salma asks whether a young woman may marry herself off before a judge, or before the imam of the mosque, if her guardian is not a disbeliever but does not want what is good for her, and he is one of the people of evil.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a woman to marry herself off, nor to appoint someone to marry her off; this is not for her to decide. Her marriage is to be conducted by the guardian, and the guardians are her male relatives (asabah), starting with the closest and then the next closest. If the closest relative is not fit to be the guardian, the authority passes to the next one among the guardians. If she has no guardian at all, then the court is the one that takes charge of her marriage, and she does not marry herself off. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Sister Salma asks whether a young woman may marry herself off before a judge, or before the imam of the mosque, if her guardian is not a disbeliever but does not want what is good for her, and he is one of the people of evil.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a woman to marry herself off, nor to appoint someone to marry her off; this is not for her to decide. Her marriage is to be conducted by the guardian, and the guardians are her male relatives (asabah), starting with the closest and then the next closest. If the closest relative is not fit to be the guardian, the authority passes to the next one among the guardians. If she has no guardian at all, then the court is the one that takes charge of her marriage, and she does not marry herself off. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/221 — archive.org (4:52)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.