Those who allowed it without a guardian and did not separate them

Bahriyyah bint Hani said: I married al-Qa'qa' bin Shawr. He gave me a gold ornament on the condition that he would spend a night with me. So he spent the night at my house. I placed a vessel of khaluq (a saffron perfume) near him. In the morning, the khaluq perfume was on his clothes. He said to me: "With this perfume you have disgraced me, for now everyone will know about this marriage." I said: "Should the marriage of a woman like me be kept secret?" Then my father, a Bedouin, came and took al-Qa'qa' bin Shawr to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to al-Qa'qa': "Did you consummate the marriage with your wife?" He said: "Yes." Upon this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) declared the marriage valid.

Mus'ab said: I asked Musa bin Abdullah bin Yazid about this, and he said: It is permissible for a woman to be married off without a guardian.

Ma'mar said: I asked al-Zuhri: "Can a woman marry without the permission of a guardian?" He said: "If the husband is a suitable match (kuf') for the wife, it is permissible."

Al-Sha'bi said: If they are suitable matches (kuf'), it is permissible.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) upheld a marriage contracted without a guardian, in which the woman's mother had married her off with her consent.

Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman said that a woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My child's paternal uncle proposed marriage to me, but my father rejected this match and married me to someone I did not want." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called her father and asked him about it. He said: "I married her off, and I spared no effort for her good." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Your marriage has not taken place; go and marry whomever you wish."

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid al-Ansari and Mujammi' bin Yazid al-Ansari said that a man called Khidam married off his daughter. She disliked the marriage her father had arranged. She came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned the whole matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) annulled the marriage her father had arranged. Then proposals came to her, and she married Abu Lubabah bin Abd al-Mundhir.

Yahya mentioned that it had reached him that she was a previously married woman (thayyib).

Al-Qasim bin Muhammad said that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) married Hafsah bint Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr to al-Mundhir bin al-Zubayr. At that time her father, Abd al-Rahman, was away. When Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) returned, he became very angry and said: "O servants of Allah! Is a man like me one about whose daughters decisions are made without his consent?" At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) became angry and said: "Can someone like al-Mundhir be turned away?"

Huzayl said that the case of a woman whose maternal uncle and mother had married her off was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) declared her marriage valid.

He said: Sufyan said: It is not valid, because he is not a guardian.

Ali bin Salih said: It is valid, because when Ali approved it, he was in the position of the guardian.

Al-Hakam said that the case of a man who had married a woman without the permission of a guardian and had also consummated the marriage was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) declared that marriage valid.