Muwatta Malik #1276
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 رَجُلٍ، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَهُ، سَأَلَتْهُ الطَّلاَقَ فَقَالَ لَهَا إِذَا حِضْتِ فَآذِنِينِي . فَلَمَّا حَاضَتْ آذَنَتْهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا طَهُرْتِ فَآذِنِينِي فَلَمَّا
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from a man of
the Ansar that his wife asked him for a divorce, and he said to her,
"When you have had your period, then tell me." When she had her
period, she told him. He said, "When you are purified then tell me."
When she was purified, she told him and he divorced her.
Malik said, "This is the best of what I have heard about it."
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This hadith is #1276 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.