a man whose wife has harmed him until he has come to desire both divorcing her and securing a redemption payment from her. He says, “If you release me from your dower or your maintenance, you are divorced,” intending both the condition and its consequence.

As for the fourth category, it is when his aim is that the condition not occur, but if it does occur, he does not dislike the consequence; rather, he desires it, or neither desires nor dislikes it. An example is saying to his wife, “If you commit adultery, you are divorced,” or, “If you strike my mother, you are divorced,” and similar conditional declarations in which he intends that the condition not occur but also intends the consequence to take effect if it does. Thus, if she commits adultery or strikes his mother, [he would want] to separate from her because she is not a suitable wife for him. This combines the character of an oath with that of specifying a time: he has deterred her from the act while intending divorce to take effect upon its occurrence, just as he intended it to take effect upon receiving compensation from her, upon her attaining ritual purity, or upon the appearance of the new moon.

As for the fifth category, it is when he wants the consequence not to occur [and makes it contingent] upon the condition so as to prevent its occurrence, while having no interest in the condition’s nonoccurrence. This is rare, as when someone says, “If you hit the mark with one hundred shots, I will give you such-and-such.”

As for the sixth category, it is when his aim is that neither the condition nor the consequence occur, and the consequence is attached to the condition solely to prevent both from occurring. This is like a vow made in obstinacy or anger, or swearing by divorce or manumission for the purpose of urging, deterring, affirming, or denying. For example, someone may tell him, “Give charity to so-and-so,” “Reconcile so-and-so and so-and-so,” or, “Perform Hajj this year.” He responds that, if he gives charity to that person, he will be required to fast for such-and-such a period, or his wife will be divorced, or his slaves will be free. Or he says, “If I do not