Legal effect of saying 'You are divorced three times, O divorcée' followed by a condition.

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

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Primary text

If the husband states, "You are divorced three times, O divorcée, if you enter the house," and he possesses no specific intention (niyyah), one divorce takes effect immediately due to the address ("O divorcée"). The remaining two divorces remain suspended upon entering the house.

Supporting text

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan holds that the condition applies to both pronouncements in such cases, meaning nothing takes effect immediately.