Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ قَالَ مَا أَرَى الدِّيَةَ إِلَّا لِلْعَصَبَةِ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَعْقِلُونَ عَنْهُ فَهَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْكِلَابِيُّ وَكَانَ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْأَعْرَابِ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُوَرِّثَ امْرَأَةَ أَشْيَمَ الضَّبَابِيِّ مِنْ دِيَةِ زَوْجِهَا فَأَخَذَ بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us: Ma'mar told us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, that Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I see the blood-money as belonging only to the paternal kin, for they are the ones liable for it. Has any of you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about this?" Al-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi - whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had appointed over the Bedouin - said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote to me that I should let the wife of Ashyam al-Dababi inherit from the blood-money of her husband." So Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, adopted that ruling.