Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Fathers Permission for a Girl’s Marriage َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الأشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبَ بَعْضُ بَنِي عَ٠ِّي إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا تَقُولُ فِي صَبِيَّةٍ زَوَّجَهَا عَ٠َّا كَبِرَتْ أَبَتِ التَّزْوِيجَ فَكَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ لا تُكْرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَالأ٠7.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Ash’ariy who has said the following: “Certain ones of sons of my uncle wrote to abu Ja’far al-Thaniy (a.s.), asking about the small girl whom her uncle gave in marriage to someone and when she grew up she disagreed with the marriage.

He (the Imam) wrote back in his own handwriting, ‘She must not be forced, and the command is her command.”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/130))