Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibnal-Musayyab was asked who was obliged to pay the rent for a womanwhose husband divorced her while she was in a leased house. Said ibnal-Musayyab said, "Her husband is obliged to pay it." Someone asked,"what if her husband does not have it?" He said, "Then she must payit." Someone asked, "And if she does not have it?" He said, "Then theAmir must pay it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 66
Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1227