Muwatta Malik #1632
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، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَلَدَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَبْدًا فِي فِرْيَةٍ ثَمَانِينَ . قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ فَسَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَدْرَكْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَالْخُلَفَاءَ هَلُمَّ جَرًّا فَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا جَلَدَ عَبْدًا فِي فِرْيَةٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ .
Malik related to me from Abu'z-Zinad that he said, ''Umar ibn Abd
al-Aziz flogged a slave with eighty lashes for slander."
Abu'z-Zinad said, "I asked Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia about that. He
said, 'I saw Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, the Khalifs, and
so on, and I did not see any of them flog a slave more than forty
lashes for slander.' "
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This hadith is #1632 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hudud.