What is the judicial acceptance of a husband claiming he intended his superlative statement ('like a thousand divorces') to mean only one divorce, due to the extreme difficulty of actualizing a thousand divorces?
Chapter on Divorce by Calculation
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
If the husband claims he intended 'one divorce as difficult as a thousand,' his claim is considered truthful in a religious sense (din).
Supporting text
There are two differing legal narrations (riwayatayn) regarding whether this claim is accepted in judicial proceedings (fi al-hukm).