What is the legal consequence of a husband stating, 'You are divorced the most/all of divorces,' or similar phrases like 'the utmost limit of divorce'?

Chapter on Divorce by Calculation

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 1 · Bab 3

Open in Qurani

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If a husband states, 'You are divorced the most of divorces,' or 'all of it,' or 'its entirety,' or 'its utmost limit,' or likens the divorce to the count of pebbles (hasa), sand (raml), or droplets (qatr), the divorce is irrevocably three times. This is because such phrasing implies a specific number, and since the minimum for divorce is one and the maximum is three, this phrasing necessitates the maximum count. This ruling is supported by analogy to pebbles, sand, and droplets which are countable entities.