Sunan Abi Da'ud · Hadith 2099

حدثنا أحمد بن حنبل، حدثنا سفيان، عن زياد بن سعد، عن عبد الله بن الفضل، بإسناده ومعناه قال ‏"‏ الثيب أحق بنفسها من وليها والبكر يستأمرها أبوها ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قال أبو داود ‏"‏ أبوها ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ليس بمحفوظ ‏.‏

The above tradition has been transmitted by ‘Abd Allaah bin Al Fadl through his chain of narrators and with different meaning. The version goes “A woman without a husband has more right to her person than her guardian and the father of a virgin should ask her permission about herself.”Abu Dawud said “ The word “her father” is not guarded.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).