If the father has passed away, and the (paternal) grandfather is also nomore, and there are no maternal grandparents either. The lady has her mother, her elder brother and her eldest sister, who is responsible to make sure she marries well? Is it her mother, her brother? or her dad's younger brother (considering her dad was the eldest of them all).?
I know the definite answer would have been her mother or the like-
To give some context,
I just wanted to know because me and my family were trying to court this girl, and she was also very accepting of it (of us), but her mother was heavily against it since the very beginning. A while back, her mother has forcefully arranged her nikkah to be with someone else this Eid (against her choice and such).
I have left it to God, and let it go, but I've still wanted to know, who is the guardian, wali, responsible for marriage of an orphan girl after her father's death?
And in this case, could she have opted to go against her family's wishes and have conjoined in marriage with me?
Though I do not have any such thoughts, I would like to know what Islam has to say about this.
P.S. The girl is around 19-20, and still a student.