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

Book 39 · Issue 4 · Bab 3

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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).