Sunan an-Nasa'i 3261

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan reported to us; he said: Abu Dawud narrated to us; he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas. [The narrator] said: I heard it from him a year after Nafi’s death, when he had a teaching circle. He said: Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl informed me, from Nafi ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘A previously married woman has more right to decide for herself than her guardian, and an orphan girl’s permission must be sought; her silence is her permission.’