Muwatta Malik #1645
Hudud
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، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ، لَقِيَ رَجُلاً قَدْ أَخَذَ سَارِقًا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ فَشَفَعَ لَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ لِيُرْسِلَهُ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ بِهِ السُّلْطَانَ . فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ إِذَا بَلَغْتَ بِهِ السُّلْطَانَ فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ الشَّافِعَ وَالْمُشَفِّعَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman
that az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam came across a man who had taken hold of a
thief and was intending to take him to the Sultan. Az-Zubayr ibn al-
Awwam interceded for him to let him go. He said, "No. Not until I take
him to the Sultan." Az-Zubayr said, "When you reach the Sultan with
him, Allah curses the one who intercedes and the one who accepts the
intercession."
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This hadith is #1645 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hudud.