What is the consequence if a husband with four wives specifies a time limit, lies with three, and leaves one unmarried within that time?
Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
If the husband lies with three of his four wives and leaves one within the specified time, the wife who was left untouched is not divorced because she does not have a co-wife who remains untouched. Each of the three wives who were lain with is divorced by a single divorce.