مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب النكاح
The Book of Marriage
(لِلْأَطْفَالِ الْكِبَارِ اخْتِيَارٌ)
(Older children have a choice)
Hadith 3379
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيَّرَ غُلَامًا بَيْنَ أَبِيهِ وَأمه. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Abu Huraira said God’s Messenger gave a boy a choice between his father and his mother. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
