What is the ruling if divorce is conditioned upon eating a whole fruit versus eating half a fruit?
Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
If a person states, 'If you eat a pomegranate, you are divorced,' and 'If you eat half a pomegranate, you are divorced,' and the wife eats a whole pomegranate, two divorces occur because the whole fruit contains two halves, thus fulfilling both conditions.
Supporting text
If the speaker intended the phrase regarding 'half a pomegranate' to mean an isolated half separate from the whole pomegranate stipulated, or if the context suggests this separation, then the oath is not broken until the person consumes what was specifically intended for the condition.