[Machine] He said in the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ to the family of the victim to ask for the lesser, even if she is a woman, and that is because the victim is killed and he has male and female heirs, so whoever among them forgives the blood from the nearest, then the forgiveness is permissible; because his saying "ask for the lesser" means to refrain from retaliation.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِأَهْلِ الْقَتِيلِ أَنْ يَنْحَجِزُوا الْأَدْنَى فَالْأَدْنَى وَإِنْ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةً وَذَلِكَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ الْقَتِيلُ وَلَهُ وَرَثَةٌ رِجَالٌ وَنِسَاءٌ يَقُولُ فَأَيُّهُمْ عَفَا عَنْ دَمِهِ مِنَ الْأَقْرَبِ فَالْأَقْرَبِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ فَعَفْوُهُ جَائِزٌ؛ لِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ يَنْحَجِزُوا يَعْنِي يَكُفُّوا عَنِ الْقَوَدِ