Muwatta Malik #1705
Blood-Money
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، نَشَدَ النَّاسَ بِمِنًى مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ أَنْ يُخْبِرَنِي . فَقَامَ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْكِلاَبِيُّ فَقَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ أُوَرِّثَ امْرَأَةَ أَشْيَمَ الضِّبَابِيِّ مِنْ دِيَةِ زَوْجِهَا . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ادْخُلِ الْخِبَاءَ حَتَّى آتِيَكَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَخْبَرَهُ الضَّحَّاكُ فَقَضَى بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ . قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَكَانَ قَتْلُ أَشْيَمَ خَطَأً .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Umar ibn al-
Khattab demanded of the people at Mina, "If anyone has knowledge of
blood-money, let him inform me." Ad-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi stood
up and said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, wrote to me that the wife of Ashyam ad-Dibabi inherited
from the blood-money of her husband." Umar ibn al-Khattab said to him,
"Go into the tent until I come to you." When Umar ibn al-Khattab came
in, ad-Dahhak told him about it and Umar ibn al-Khattab gave a
decision based on that.
Ibn Shihab said, "The killing of
Ashyam was accidental."
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This hadith is #1705 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Blood-Money.