Muwatta Malik #1628
Hudud
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنِ الأَمَةِ إِذَا زَنَتْ وَلَمْ تُحْصِنْ فَقَالَ
" إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ " . قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ لاَ أَدْرِي أَبَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ .
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah
ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abu Hurayra and Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
asked about a slave-girl who committed fornication and was not
muhsana. He said, "If she commits fornication, then flog her. If she
commits fornication again, then flog her, and if she commits
fornication again, then sell her, if only for a rope."
Ibn
Shihab added, "I don't know whether it was three or four times."
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This hadith is #1628 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hudud.