Muwatta Malik #1163
Marriage
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِلْبِكْرِ سَبْعٌ وَلِلثَّيِّبِ ثَلاَثٌ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn
Malik said, "A virgin has seven nights, and a woman who has been
previously married has three nights."
Malik affirmed, "That
is what is done among us."
Malik added, "If the man has
another wife, he divides his time equally between them after the
wedding nights. He does not count the wedding nights against the one
he has just married."
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This hadith is #1163 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Marriage.