Muwatta Malik #1299
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 بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدِ الرَّجُلُ مَا يُنْفِقُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ أَدْرَكْتُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ بِبَلَدِنَا .
Yahya related to me from
Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "If a man does
not find the means to spend on his wife, they are to be separated . "
Malik said, "That is what I saw the people of knowledge in
our city doing."
29.30 Idda of Widows when Pregnant
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This hadith is #1299 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Divorce.