Hani, if he says to his wife, 'Your affair is in your hand,' and she says, 'I have accepted,' it is nothing until she specifies. He said: If she says, 'I have taken my affair,' it is nothing. He said: And if he says to his wife, 'Choose,' and she says, 'I have accepted myself,' or she says, 'I have chosen myself,' it is more explicit. The Qadi said: If she said, 'I have chosen,' and did not say, 'myself,' she is not divorced, even if she intended it. And if the husband said, 'Choose,' and did not say, 'yourself,' and did not intend it, she is not divorced, unless she mentions herself, or there is something in the husband's speech or her response that directs the statement toward it; because that is in the status of interpretation, so if it is devoid of that, it is not valid. If she says, 'I have chosen my family,' or 'my parents,' and she intended it, the divorce occurs; because this is suitable as a metonymy from the husband, such as when he says, 'Join your family.' So likewise, it is from her. And if she says, 'I have chosen the husbands,' it is likewise; because they are not lawful except by separating from this husband, and for this reason, it was a metonymy from him in his saying, 'Marry whom you wish.'

Section: If he repeats the word of choice, saying, 'Choose, choose, choose.' Ahmad said: If he is only repeating it to her to make her understand, and his intention is not three, then it is one. But if he intended three by that, then it is three. Thus, he referred the matter to his intention in that. Al-Shafi'i held this view as well. Abu Hanifah said: If she accepts, three occur; because he repeated that which causes the divorce to occur, so it is repeated, as if he had repeated the divorce. We hold that it admits of emphasis, so if he intends it, it is accepted from him, as if he said, 'You are divorced, the divorce.' And if he speaks in absolute terms, it has been narrated from Ahmad that which indicates that it is one, and he owns the right of revocation. This is the choice of the Qadi, and the school of 'Ata' and Abu Thawr; because repeating the giving of a choice does not increase the choice, like the condition of option in a sale. It is narrated from Ahmad, if he says to his wife, 'Choose,' and she says, 'I have chosen myself,' it is one, unless he says, 'Choose, choose, choose.' And this [indicates that she is divorced three times].