A New Perspective on the Scope of the Guardian’s Interference in a Maiden’s Marriage: Establishing the Boundaries of Support and Interference

فقه و اصول (Fiqh va uṣūl)

Article 6, Volume 57, Issue 1 - Serial Number 140, May 2025, Pages 135-155   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/jfiqh.2024.81532.1558

Authors

Saeed Siahbidi Kermanshahi^* ; Amir Abbas Askari

PhD Graduate, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

According to Article 1043 of the Civil Code, the marriage of a mature maiden regardless of age and situation depends on the permission of her natural guardianship (valī-yi qahrī). Several disagreements exist across jurisprudential sources regarding this ruling. This raises the need to study the issue further. It should be analyzed, according to the proofs of divine legislation, for the necessity of obtaining the guardian’s permission, whether the rule should be applied universally across all cases or whether distinctions can be made between girls according to their individual need for support. Study shows that the necessity of the guardian’s permission is a ruling intended to support inexperienced girls and directed towards those who need support and have not reached independence or taken control of their own affairs. Otherwise, requiring the permission of a guardian for independent girls who possess authority over their own affairs can no longer be considered support, but rather borders to interference, The present research, conducted through the analytical-descriptive method, concludes that in light of contemporary social realities and following the opinions of modern jurists, it is necessary to exclude some girls from the scope of this ruling based on criteria such as age and independent occupation and residence.

Keywords

maiden; permission of the guardian; support; interference; independence of will (istiqlāl-i irādah)

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