Tawoos narrates: Abu Sahba came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), so Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said to him: "Present your stance (or question), and whatever is in your mind, and whatever you have gathered." So Abu Sahba said to him: "Do you know? In the time of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), three divorces were counted as one." So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "Yes, in the time of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and in the early period of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), three divorces were counted as one. But when, in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), divorce cases became frequent, then Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) started to count them as three."