Section: If he divorces her three times in one word, the three [divorces] take effect, and she becomes unlawful to him until she marries a husband other than him, (20) with no difference between [the divorce occurring] before consummation or after it. This has been reported from Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Umar, Abdullah ibn Amr, Ibn Mas'ud, and Anas. This is the opinion of most scholars among the Successors (Tabi'in) and the Imams after them. Ata', Tawus, Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Abu al-Sha'tha' (21), and Amr ibn Dinar used to say: Whoever divorces a virgin three times, it counts as one. Tawus reported from Ibn Abbas that he said: 'During the time of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), Abu Bakr, and two years into the caliphate of Umar, the divorce of three was [counted as] one.' Reported by Abu Dawud (22). Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Amr ibn Dinar, Mujahid, and Malik ibn al-Harith reported, contrary to the report of Tawus, from Ibn Abbas; Abu Dawud also brought it out (23). Ibn Abbas gave a legal opinion (fatwa) contrary to what Tawus reported (24) from him. We have already mentioned the hadith of Ibn Umar: 'What do you think if I had divorced her three times?' Al-Daraqutni (25) reported with his chain of narration from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, who said: 'Some of my ancestors divorced his wife a thousand times, so his sons went to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and said: O Messenger of Allah, our father divorced our mother a thousand times, does he have any exit?' He said: "Your father did not fear Allah so that He would make an exit for him in his matter; she is separated from him by three [divorces] contrary to the Sunnah, and nine hundred and ninety-seven sins are upon his neck." This is also because marriage is a form of property ownership that is valid to be dissolved in a fragmented manner, so it is valid [to be dissolved] all at once, like all other forms of property. As for the hadith of Ibn Abbas, the narration from him is authentic to the contrary, and he also gave a legal opinion to the contrary. Al-Athram said: I asked Abu Abdullah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] about the hadith of Ibn Abbas, 'By what [argument] do you dismiss it?' He replied: 'I dismiss it by the people's reports from Ibn Abbas through [multiple] channels to the contrary.' Then he mentioned [reports] from several people from Ibn Abbas through [multiple] channels that it is three.