A Nikah Concluded by the Father Cannot Be Annulled after Puberty

Question

One of my relatives married his daughter to a certain young man about eleven years ago, when the girl was nine or ten years old. From then until now the girl has neither settled in her husband’s house nor even seen her husband with her own eyes, and the husband has not yet given his wife any food, maintenance or the like, because the young man himself is a drunkard, a fornicator and a scoundrel, whereas the girl is of very good conduct, respectable and educated.

Answer

In the case asked about, since the father himself concluded the nikah, the girl has no right to annul it after puberty. If some guardian other than the father and grandfather concludes a nikah during minority, then the option of puberty (khiyar al-bulugh)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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