What is the legal effect if a husband states, 'You are divorced with one divorce'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 1 · Bab 2

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If a husband states, 'You are divorced, with one divorce,' two divorces (talqatan) occur. This ruling is based on the principle that the declaration incorporates the stated number.