What is the ruling on someone who told his wife: "If you go out with your brother, you are divorced," and then, during another quarrel, told her: "You are divorced, divorced, divorced"? And what is the ruling on repeating the word of divorce three times in the same sitting, and does it take effect if it was during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her?

The question includes three issues: 1. Conditional Divorce (Talaq (definition) Mu'allaq): If the husband intended that his wife should not go out on that day, and she did not go out, then the divorce does not occur. If he had no intention and she went out, then divorce occurs according to the majority of scholars. Ibn Taymiyyah is of the view that an expiation for breaking an oath (kaffarat yamin (definition)) is required if he intended it as a threat. 2. His statement: "You are divorced, divorced, divorced": This counts as one divorce, unless the husband intended three by it, in which case it counts as three. 3. Divorce during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her: This is an innovated divorce (talaq bid'i) and it occurs according to the majority of jurists, contrary to Ibn Taymiyyah's view.

It is not necessarily the case in these situations that the wife has become unlawful to him. The husband should consult a trustworthy scholar or the Sharia (definition) court for clarification.