Or I permitted, or he may say: "Now you are free," or "separated," or "Come, let me send you off properly." Similarly, in Surah Al-Baqarah it is stated: if he uses such a word from which divorce can be understood, then divorce will occur according to his intention. Allah the Exalted says in Surah Al-Ahzab «وسرحوهن سراحا جميلا‏» : "Release them with kindness," and in the same Surah He says «فإمساك بمعروف أو تسريح بإحسان‏ا‏» : "After that, either retain them according to the rule or release them with good conduct." And Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) knew well that my parents could not advise me to «فراق» (here «فراق» means divorce) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Imam Hasan al-Basri said that in this case, the legal verdict will be based on his intention, and the people of knowledge have said that when someone gives his wife three divorces, she becomes forbidden for him. Here, the prohibition is established through the words of divorce and «فراق» , and making a woman forbidden upon oneself is not like making food forbidden. The reason is that one cannot declare lawful food as forbidden, but a divorced woman is called forbidden. Allah the Exalted has said regarding a woman who has been divorced three times that she will not be lawful for the previous husband until she marries another husband.

Nafi' said: When Ibn 'Umar was asked about person who had given three divorces, he said, "Would that you gave one or two divorces, for the Prophet (saws) ordered me to do so. If you give three divorces then she cannot be lawful for you until she has married another husband (and is divorced by him)."