Abbas (3). In the hadith of Ibn Umar that we narrated: "Let him leave her until she is pure, then she menstruates, then she is pure; then, if he wishes, he may retain her, and if he wishes, he may divorce before touching [intercourse], for that is the waiting period that Allah has commanded women to be divorced for" (4). As for his statement: "then he leaves her until her waiting period expires," its meaning is that he should not follow it with another divorce before the completion of her waiting period. Even if he were to divorce her three times in three periods of purity, the ruling for that would be the same as the ruling for combining the three in one period of purity. Ahmad said: Sunnah divorce is one pronouncement, then he leaves her until she has menstruated three times. This is also the view of Malik, Al-Awza'i, Al-Shafi'i, and Abu Ubayd. Abu Hanifah and Al-Thawri said: The Sunnah (5) is that he divorces her three times, one pronouncement for each period of purity. This is the view of all the Kufans, and they argued using the hadith of Ibn Umar when the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said to him: "Take her back, then keep her until she is pure, then she menstruates, then she is pure." They said: He only commanded him to keep her during this period of purity because there was no complete period of purity between it and the divorce. Once it passed, and the menstrual period following it passed, he commanded him to divorce her. His statement (6) in his other hadith: "And the Sunnah is to wait for the period of purity, then divorce at each menstrual period" (7). Al-Nasa'i (8) narrated with his chain of transmission from Abdullah, who said: "Sunnah divorce is to divorce her with one pronouncement while she is pure, without intercourse. When she menstruates and becomes pure, he divorces her again, [and when she menstruates and becomes pure, he divorces her again] (9), then she observes a waiting period after that with one menstrual cycle." Our proof is what has been narrated from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "No one divorces according to the Sunnah and then regrets it." Narrated by Al-Athram (10). And this