❀ Guidance on the Issue of Khiyār al-Bulūgh in Light of Prophetic Aḥādīth ❀
Source: Ahkam wa Masail – Nikah ke Masail, Vol. 1, Page 318
❖ Question
The questioner seeks guidance on the issue of Khiyār al-Bulūgh (the option of a girl at puberty regarding a marriage contracted for her in childhood).
He mentions a narration that the Prophet ﷺ married off the daughter of Ḥamzah رضي الله عنه, Imāmah, to ʿUmar ibn Abī Salamah رضي الله عنه during her childhood, and said that once she reached maturity, she would have the choice to accept or reject. He asks for the reference (book, volume, and page number) of this ḥadīth, and also requests other related aḥādīth for clarity on this matter.
❖ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu waṣ-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, Ammā Baʿd!
We have searched extensively for the specific narration you mentioned but have not found it with a complete reference. However, there are other authentic aḥādīth on the subject of Khiyār al-Bulūgh that shed clear light on this issue.
✿ Ḥadīth from Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما
Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Bāb: al-Walī fī al-Nikāḥ wa Istidhān al-Marʾah, Ḥadīth no. …
«عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ إِنَّ جَارِيَةً بِکْرًا أَتَتْ رَسُوْلَ اﷲِ ﷺ فَذَکَرَتْْ أَنَّ أَبَاهَا زَوَّجَهَا وَهِیَ کَارِهَةٌ فَخَيَّرَهَا النَّبِیُّ ﷺ»
رَوَاهُ اَبُوْدَاوُدُ
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما reported: A virgin girl came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said that her father had married her off while she disliked it. So the Prophet ﷺ gave her the choice (to accept or reject the marriage).
❖ Summary
◈ The specific incident you cited about the daughter of Ḥamzah رضي الله عنه has not been located with reliable sanad.
◈ However, the authentic narrations establish a clear principle:
- If a girl’s marriage is contracted in her childhood without her consent, then upon reaching puberty, she has the right of choice to either continue with that marriage or to annul it.
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
