The Uncle’s Guardianship in Marriage
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it valid for a woman’s maternal uncle to be her guardian in marriage?
The Shaykh:
Is it valid?
The questioner:
That it be the woman’s maternal uncle. Yes.
The Shaykh:
No, her guardian is from among her residuary male heirs, not from among those related by blood through a woman. The maternal uncle is one of those related by blood through a woman; he is not her guardian. Her guardian is the residuary male heir.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it valid for a woman’s maternal uncle to be her guardian in marriage?
The Shaykh:
Is it valid?
The questioner:
That it be the woman’s maternal uncle. Yes.
The Shaykh:
No, her guardian is from among her residuary male heirs, not from among those related by blood through a woman. The maternal uncle is one of those related by blood through a woman; he is not her guardian. Her guardian is the residuary male heir.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (49:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.