Muwatta Malik #1209
Divorce
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، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي مِائَةَ تَطْلِيقَةٍ فَمَاذَا تَرَى عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ طَلُقَتْ مِنْكَ لِثَلاَثٍ وَسَبْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ اتَّخَذْتَ بِهَا آيَاتِ اللَّهِ هُزُوًا .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said
to Abdullah ibn Abbas, "I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce
you a hundred times. What do you think my situation is?" Ibn Abbas
said to him, "She was divorced from you by three pronouncements, and
by the ninety-seven, you have mocked the ayat of Allah."
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This hadith is #1209 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.