Muwatta Malik #1292
Divorce
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ أَسْلَمَ وَعِنْدَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ حِينَ أَسْلَمَ الثَّقَفِيُّ
" أَمْسِكْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا وَفَارِقْ سَائِرَهُنَّ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "I have
heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said to a man from Thaqif who had ten wives when he became
muslim, 'Take four and separate from the rest.' "
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This hadith is #1292 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.