Muwatta Malik #1280
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، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ، يُطَلِّقُهَا زَوْجُهَا وَهِيَ فِي بَيْتٍ بِكِرَاءٍ عَلَى مَنِ الْكِرَاءُ فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا . قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَ زَوْجِهَا قَالَ فَعَلَيْهَا . قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهَا قَالَ فَعَلَى الأَمِيرِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn
al-Musayyab was asked who was obliged to pay the rent for a woman
whose husband divorced her while she was in a leased house. Said ibn
al-Musayyab said, "Her husband is obliged to pay it." Someone asked,
"what if her husband does not have it?" He said, "Then she must pay
it." Someone asked, "And if she does not have it?" He said, "Then the
Amir must pay it."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1280 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.