what the term applies to; because it is the certainty, and what is in excess does not occur due to doubt, so it is delayed until the other state. If it is said: Why does a part of each divorce not occur, then it completes, so that the three occur? We say: Whenever division is possible without breaking, division for validity becomes mandatory (7). If he says: Half of them are according to the Sunnah, and half of them are according to innovation, two divorces occur immediately, and the third is delayed. If he says: Two divorces according to the Sunnah and one according to innovation, or two divorces according to innovation and one according to the Sunnah, it is according to what he said. If he uses the term unconditionally, then says: I intended that, and he interprets his intention with what makes two divorces (8) occur immediately, it is accepted; because it is the requirement of the unconditional statement, and because he is not suspected in it. If he interprets it with what makes one divorce occur and delays two, he is believed privately between himself and Allah Almighty. Is it accepted in the legal ruling? There are two views; the most apparent of them is that it is accepted; because the term 'some' (ba'd) is literal for both a small and a large amount, so what he interprets his speech with does not contradict the literal meaning, so it must be accepted. The second is that it is not accepted; because he interpreted his speech with something lighter than what he is bound to in the state of an unconditional statement. The school of al-Shafi'i is similar to this. If he says: You are divorced three times, some of them according to the Sunnah, and does not mention anything else, it is possible that it is like the one before it; because it follows from that that some of them are according to innovation, so it resembles what it would be if he had explicitly stated it. It is also possible that (9) only one occurs immediately; because he did not equate the two states, and the term 'some' does not require a half, so one occurs; because it (10) is the certainty, and the excess does not occur due to doubt. The same applies if he says: Some of them are according to the Sunnah and the remainder are according to innovation, or the rest of them are according to innovation.

Section: If he says: You are divorced if Zayd arrives. Then Zayd (11) arrives while she is menstruating, she is divorced according to innovation, and he does not sin; because he did not intend it. If he says: You are divorced if Zayd arrives according to the Sunnah. Then Zayd (12) arrives in a time of Sunnah, she is divorced. If he arrives in a time of innovation, it does not occur until, when she reaches...