Does the husband’s divorce take effect if he made it conditional on an event that occurred in the past, and is it considered one divorce or three if he says “divorced, divorced, divorced” in a single sitting?
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If a husband suspends a divorce upon an existing condition, such as his saying: "You are triply divorced if I have kissed anyone," and the kissing has indeed occurred, then the divorce takes effect immediately. This is not among the issues of scholarly disagreement regarding the occurrence of a suspended divorce; rather, it falls under the category of divorce intended to take effect upon the fulfillment of the condition. In this case, the divorce occurs, but there is a disagreement as to whether it counts as three divorces or one, and for this, one should refer to specialized fatwas.
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