What is the ruling when a husband says, 'You are divorced three times except one divorce and except one divorce'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 4 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

This phrasing constitutes a conjunction of an exception upon an exception. The first exception is valid, and the second is nullified. If both were held valid, it would result in an exception of the majority, yielding two divorces. Adherents to the view permitting the exception of the majority would rule that both exceptions are valid, resulting in only one divorce.