Muwatta Malik #1211
Divorce
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 يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ لَهُ الْبَتَّةُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَانَ أَبَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ يَجْعَلُهَا وَاحِدَةً . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ لَوْ كَانَ الطَّلاَقُ أَلْفًا مَا أَبْقَتِ الْبَتَّةُ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا مَنْ قَالَ الْبَتَّةَ فَقَدْ رَمَى الْغَايَةَ الْقُصْوَى .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr
ibn Hazm thatUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz had asked him what people said about
the 'irrevocable' divorce, and Abu Bakr had replied that Aban ibn
Uthman had clarified that it was declared only once. Umar ibn Abd al-
Aziz said, "Even if divorce had to be declared a thousand times,
the'irrevocable' would use them all up. A person who says,
'irrevocably' has cast the furthest limit."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1211 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.