What is the ruling when a husband says to a woman who is currently pure (tahir), "If you menstruate one period (haydah), you are divorced"?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 4 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Divorce does not occur until she menstruates and then becomes pure, because a complete period is not established except through this sequence.

Supporting text

This position is explicitly stated by Ahmad.