Muwatta Malik #1275
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، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ، يَقُولُ عِدَّةُ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ الأَقْرَاءُ وَإِنْ تَبَاعَدَتْ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Ibn Shihab say, "The
idda of the divorced woman is reckoned by the menstrual cycles even if
she is estranged ." (The reason the idda is normally reckoned by the
menstrual cycle is to see whether the woman is pregnant or not.)
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This hadith is #1275 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.