If the Father Concluded the Nikah, There Is No Right of Annulment

Question

The father of the said Wahab Nuri concluded her marriage contract (‘aqd) with Yunus the blacksmith. Three years have passed since then; the mother has already died. Today the said Nuri does not accept this contract. The reason she gives is this: “I will marry elsewhere; I do not like Yunus the blacksmith.” The question is whether the said woman is entitled at any time to have the nikah concluded by her father declared void, or to declare it void herself, or not?

Answer

It could not be learned from the question what the age of the said Wahab Nuri was at the time her father concluded her marriage contract — whether she was an adult or a minor. The answer is written on the basis of one specific alternative, namely: if the said Wahab Nuri was an adult at the time of the contract, and her father asked her, “I am concluding your marriage contract…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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