Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said about the one whom Allah Almighty mentioned, that is, "or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237]: It means the woman's father.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14455
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the words of Allah Almighty, "Unless they forgo it, or forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237]: That the woman forgoes it, or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie, that is, the guardian, forgoes it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14456
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the words of Allah Almighty, "Unless they forgo it, or forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237]: This is the previously married woman or the virgin who is married off by someone other than her father; if they wish they may take the dowry, or they may forgo it. Then he said: "Or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237] means the father of the virgin girl. Allah has given the right to forgo to him, and she has no say alongside him when she is divorced, as long as she is under his care.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14457
Ibrahim narrated from Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him): "The one in whose hand is the marriage tie" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237] means the guardian. Qadi Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It means the husband.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14458
Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that it is the guardian. Sa'id bin Abi Arubah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We do not like this view.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14459
Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Allah Almighty commanded forgoing and permitted it. If the woman forgoes, her forgoing is valid; and if she is reluctant and her guardian forgoes, his forgoing is valid.
(b) The first view is more correct: "or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237].
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14460