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Is what I mentioned correct, that Ibn Taymiyyah holds that repeating an explicit pronouncement in a single sitting does not effect more than one, provided the wording is identical, but if he says "divorced, absolutely divorced," then two are counted due to the difference in form?

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Ibn Taymiyyah's words suggest that repeating a divorce in a single period of purity results in only one divorce, regardless of the wording used for the divorce. However, the majority of scholars, including the four madhhabs, hold the view that a triple or other form of divorce occurs with a single utterance.

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