The Waliy of a woman in concluding

Q 6: a person wants to marry an orphaned girl. She has no parents or brothers. She only has a cousin who is the husband of her sister. She also has some nephews and distant cousins. Who should act as her Waliy (a legally accountable person acting for a woman regarding marriage) in concluding her marriage contract? Her uncle, her sister's father-in-law, used to act as their Waliy before he died; and she now has no one but her cousin. She also has a half-brother from her mother's side, but he does not visit them often and lives far away.

A: If she does not have relatives other than those you mentioned, the person who is most entitled to act as her Waliy is her cousin, whether his father was a full or a half-brother to her father; because he is the closest agnate. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.