Muwatta Malik #1183
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، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ عَنِ الأُخْتَيْنِ، مِنْ مِلْكِ الْيَمِينِ هَلْ يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ أَحَلَّتْهُمَا آيَةٌ وَحَرَّمَتْهُمَا آيَةٌ فَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلاَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَلَقِيَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ لِي مِنَ الأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ ثُمَّ وَجَدْتُ أَحَدًا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ لَجَعَلْتُهُ نَكَالاً . قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أُرَاهُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Qabisa ibn
Dhu'ayb that a man asked Uthman ibn Affan whether one could have
intercourse with two sisters who one owned. Uthman said, "One ayat
makes them halal, and one ayat makes them haram. As for me, I wouldn't
like to do it." The man left him and met one of the companions of the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked
him about it, and he said, "Had I any authority and I found someone
who had done it, I would punish him as an example."
Ibn
Shihab added, "I think that it was Ali ibn Abi Talib. "
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This hadith is #1183 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Marriage.