The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Al Dahhak to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has Allaah prohibited that (practice).
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب النكاح / 2091
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح لغيره | زبیر علی زئی:ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, عبيداللّٰه مولي عمر بن سالم الباھلي مجھول الحال وثقه ابن حبان وحده, والحديث السابق (الأصل : 2090) يغني عنه, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 79
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: A widow cannot be married off by force; it is necessary to obtain her consent, in which there should be explicitness, as will be mentioned in the following chapters.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2091