Keep the number of exercises separate from the number of divorces in one exercise. In the example of a free wife:
• If the husband intends 3 divorces by طَلِّقِي نَفْسَكِ, and she pronounces all 3 together in one exercise, the 3 take effect.
• If she instead pronounces one divorce, then makes a second separate pronouncement, then a third, only the first takes effect under this delegation. The first exercise has used the authority.
• An intention of 2 divorces does not operate through this wording in the free-wife example. Pronouncing 2 does not make 2 take effect under that intention.
Why does the explanation distinguish 1, 2, and 3? To follow it, we next look at the meaning carried by the verbal noun.
- One Exercise and the Number of Divorces