“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood money must be paid by the 'Aqilah.”  

قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ  

“I am the heir of the one who has no heir, and I will pay blood money on his behalf and inherit from him, and the maternal uncle is the heir of the one who has no heir; he pays the blood money on his behalf and inherits from him.'”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَارِثُ مَنْ لاَ وَارِثَ لَهُ أَعْقِلُ عَنْهُ وَأَرِثُهُ وَالْخَالُ وَارِثُ مَنْ لاَ وَارِثَ لَهُ يَعْقِلُ عَنْهُ وَيَرِثُهُ