What is the legal effect of stating divorces sequentially using conjunctions implying sequence, such as 'I have caused between you one divorce, then one divorce, then one divorce,' or 'I have caused between you one divorce, and I have caused between you one divorce, and I have caused between you one divorce'?
Chapter on Divorce by Calculation
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
Three divorces occur upon the wives with whom consummation has taken place. However, the wife with whom no consummation has occurred is divorced only once, because she became completely separated (bainūnah) by the first pronouncement, and subsequent pronouncements do not take effect upon her.