It is narrated from Ata bin Yasar that a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: What is the ruling for a person who gives his wife three divorces before consummation? Ata said that for a virgin, one divorce takes effect. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You are a storyteller; with one divorce, she becomes separated (bain), and with three divorces, she becomes forbidden (haram) until she marries another man.