Are three divorces considered to be the statement "You are divorced" from two years ago, and the statement "You are divorced, divorced" from a month ago?
A husband's statement to his wife, "You are divorced, divorced," results in two divorces if he intended that, and one if he intended to emphasize or had no specific intention. Therefore, if your mother's husband did not intend to effect two divorces with this phrasing, then only one divorce occurred. However, if he intended to effect two divorces, and he had already pronounced one divorce before, then your mother has been irrevocably divorced from him, and this is the view of the majority of scholars. Some scholars hold the view that a triple divorce pronounced consecutively before a رجعة (reconciliation) or a new marriage contract counts as only one divorce, and this is the position adopted by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
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