How many divorces take effect based on phrasing that indicates one divorce following another?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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If the husband states phrases implying one divorce following another, such as 'You are divorced one divorce before a divorce,' or 'one divorce then a divorce,' only one divorce takes effect against a woman with whom consummation has not occurred. However, two divorces take effect against a woman with whom consummation has occurred, due to the consequence of the phrasing demanding one divorce immediately following another.