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.