What is the legal effect of a husband stating, 'I have caused between you one divorce, and one divorce, and one divorce'?
Chapter on Divorce by Calculation
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
Three divorces occur with each wife mentioned because the conjunction used necessitates the specification and execution of each divorce individually. This ruling applies equally to the wife with whom consummation has occurred and the one without, according to the established legal methodology, as the conjunction 'wa' (and) does not imply sequence.