Muwatta Malik #1290
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، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُضْرَبُ لَهُ أَجَلٌ سَنَةً فَإِنْ مَسَّهَا وَإِلاَّ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Said ibn al-
Musayyab said, "If someone marries a woman and cannot have intercourse
with her, there is a deadline of a year set for him to have
intercourse with her. If he does not, they are separated."
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This hadith is #1290 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.