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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب الفرائضChapters on Inheritance
بَابُ أَنَّ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولِ لِجَمِيعِ وَرَتَيْهِ، وَمَا جَاءَ فِي ميرَاتِ الْحَمْلِ بَعْدَ وَضْعِهِ إِنِ اسْتَهَلَّChapter: That the blood money of the murdered belongs to all his heirs, and what has been reported regarding the inheritance of a fetus if it cries after birth
Hadith 6343
اُردوEn
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ مَا أَرَى الدِّيَةَ إِلَّا لِلْعَصَبَةِ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَعْقِلُونَ عَنْهُ فَهَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَقَامَ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْكِلَابِيُّ وَكَانَ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْأَعْرَابِ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُوَرِّثَ امْرَأَةَ أَشْيَمَ الضِّبَابِيِّ مِنْ دِيَةِ زَوْجِهَا فَأَخَذَ بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ
It is narrated from Saeed bin Musayyib that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My opinion is that the blood money should be given only to the 'Asabah (male agnates), because they are the ones who pay the blood money. Has any one of you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this? Sayyiduna Dahiak bin Sufyan Kalabi (may Allah be pleased with him)—the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had appointed him as the governor over the Bedouin people—stood up and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me this written order that I should make the wife of Ashyam Dubabi an heir from her husband's blood money.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … A husband, in his capacity as a husband, is not considered an 'asabah (agnatic heir) of his wife. Therefore, Sayyiduna Umar radi Allahu anhu intended that the husband should not be given anything from the blood money (diyah) of the murdered woman, because those who pay the diyah of the killer are the 'asabah. However, when he became aware of the blessed hadith that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had given the husband his share from the diyah of his murdered wife, he abandoned his intention.
