Yahya related to me from Malik that he had asked Ibn Shihab aboutwhether the deadline was set from the day he had married her, or fromthe day she raised the question before the Sultan. He said. 'It isfrom the day she presents it before the Sultan.'Malik said,"As for someone who has intercourse with his wife and then isprevented from intercourse with her, I have not heard that there is adeadline set for him or that they are separated."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 754
Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1237