Muwatta Malik #1190
Marriage
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، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ هُنَّ أُولاَتُ الأَزْوَاجِ وَيَرْجِعُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ الزِّنَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Said ibn al-
Musayyab said, "The muhsanat among women are those who have husbands."
That referred to the fact that Allah has made fornication haram.
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This hadith is #1190 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Marriage.