Yahya related to me from Malik fromYahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "If a man gives hiswife authority over herself, and she does not separate from him andremains with him, there is no divorce."Malik said that awoman whose husband gave her power over herself and they separatedwhile she was unwilling, had no power to revoke the divorce. She onlyhad power over herself as long as they remained together.
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 16
Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1169