Muwatta Malik #1218
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، جَاءَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ أَمْرَ امْرَأَتِي فِي يَدِهَا فَطَلَّقَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَمَاذَا تَرَى فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ أُرَاهُ كَمَا قَالَتْ . فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لاَ تَفْعَلْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ . فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَنَا أَفْعَلُ أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came
to Abdullah ibn Umar, and said, "Abu Abd ar-Rahman! I placed the
command of my wife in her hand, and she divorced herself, what do you
think?" Abdullah ibn Umar said, "I think that it is as she said." The
man said, "Don't do it, Abu Abd ar-Rahman!" Ibn Umar said, "You did
it, it has nothing to do with me."
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This hadith is #1218 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.