What happens if the husband first states, 'Every time my divorce occurs upon you, you are divorced,' and then a direct divorce or a divorce by condition occurs?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 4 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If a husband states, 'Every time my divorce occurs upon you, you are divorced' (kullama waqa'a alayki talaqi fa anti taliqu), and subsequently a divorce occurs upon her, whether immediately or conditionally (before or after this statement), three divorces occur. This is because the repetition implied by 'kullama' (every time) means that the first occurrence triggers the second divorce based on the condition of the 'occurrence of a divorce,' and the second occurrence triggers the third divorce. Thus, any mechanism of divorce results in a chain reaction.

Supporting text

If, subsequent to this, he states, 'If you exit, you are divorced,' and she exits, one divorce occurs by exiting, the second occurs because the first divorce occurred (fulfilling the condition 'every time my divorce occurs'), and the third occurs because the second occurred.