In that case, a wife with whom intercourse has taken place is counted as divorced three times, whereas one who has not yet been consummated separates from him with the first divorce alone.

If he says, “If you stand up and then sit down,” “If, after standing, you sit,” “If you sit whenever you rise,” or “If you sit after you stand you are divorced,” the divorce does not take effect until she first stands and then sits. When he links the two actions with the conjunction wa (“and”), the divorce is triggered by the presence of both actions¹ even if they occur out of sequence; when he uses aw (“or”), the divorce is effected by the occurrence of either one of them.

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If he says, “If you menstruate you are divorced,” the divorce takes effect upon the first menstruation whose occurrence is certain. If he says, “When you complete one menstruation,” it takes effect at the first purification following a full cycle; and if he says, “When you menstruate half a period,” it takes effect at the halfway point of her normal cycle.

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If he suspends the divorce on pregnancy and she gives birth in fewer than six months, the divorce is considered effective from the moment he uttered the oath. If, however, he says, “If you are not pregnant you are divorced,” intercourse with her becomes forbidden before she has undergone one menstrual cycle of istibrāʾ in the case of an irrevocable divorce—this scenario being the exact opposite of the first in its legal consequences.

If he suspends one divorce on her being pregnant with a male child and two divorces on her being pregnant with a female child, and she delivers both, she is divorced three times². Yet, if instead he phrases it, “If the fetus you are carrying—or whatever is in your womb—is such-and-such,” she is not divorced on account of either of them.

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If he makes one divorce contingent on giving birth to a male and two divorces on giving birth to a female, and she gives birth to a male and then a female, whether alive or stillborn, she is divorced by the first birth, becomes irrevocably separated by the second, and is not divorced thereby—