He—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—was asked:

Concerning someone who says that a woman who has been divorced three times becomes lawful again for the man who divorced her three times without a second marriage: has any Muslim held this view? What are the consequences for someone who says this? And what are the consequences for someone who considers her lawful after three divorces have taken effect, without a second marriage? What are the requirements of the second marriage that makes her lawful for the first husband? Give us your ruling—may you be rewarded and recompensed, and may Allah have mercy on you.

He—may Allah be pleased with him—replied:

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. When three divorces have taken effect concerning a woman, she is forbidden to the man who divorced her until she marries another husband, according to the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Muslim community. No Muslim scholar has said that she becomes lawful after three divorces have taken effect without a second husband. Anyone who attributes this to any of them has lied.

If someone says this or considers intercourse with her lawful after three divorces have taken effect, without her marrying a second husband, and his ignorance is excusable—for example, because he grew up among people in a place where the laws of Islam are unknown, or because he has only recently embraced Islam, or something similar—then he is to be taught the religion of Islam.

If he persists in maintaining that she becomes lawful after three divorces have taken effect without a second marriage, or in considering this act lawful, he is to be called upon to repent. If he repents, well and good; otherwise, he is to be put to death, like others of his kind among