Muwatta Malik #1353
Business Transactions
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، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، أَهْدَى لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ جَارِيَةً وَلَهَا زَوْجٌ ابْتَاعَهَا بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لاَ أَقْرَبُهَا حَتَّى يُفَارِقَهَا زَوْجُهَا . فَأَرْضَى ابْنُ عَامِرٍ زَوْجَهَا فَفَارَقَهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abdullah ibn
Amir gave Uthman ibn Affan a slave-girl who had a husband whom he had
purchased at Basra. Uthman said, "I will not go near her until her
husband separates from her." Ibn Amir compensated the husband and he
separated from her.
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1353 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Business Transactions.