[Machine] I wanted to initiate divorce every time, so he separated between them and Allah knows best. Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book Al-Qadim, and Ibn Jurayj mentioned from Ata that Umar ibn al-Khattab lifted a man to him who said to his wife, "Your rope is on your camel." Ali said to him, "Look between them," and he mentioned the meaning of what we have narrated, except that he said, "Ali completed it three times," and it was mentioned by Sa'eed from Qatadah from Al-Hasan from Ali, and the sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "This does not contradict the narration of Malik, and it is as if Umar made it one, as he said in al-Batta, and Ali made it three, and Allah knows best. It is possible that both of them made it three to repeat the wording in the entry of three divorces, and his intention each time was to initiate divorce, as we said in the narration of Mansur from Ata, and Allah knows best.  

أَرَدْتُ بِكُلِّ مَرَّةٍ إِحْدَاثَ طَلَاقٍ فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ 15013 قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِ الْقَدِيمِ وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ قَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ حَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ انْظُرْ بَيْنَهُمَا فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى مَا رَوَيْنَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَأَمْضَاهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ وَذُكِرَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مِثْلُهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَهَذَا لَا يُخَالِفُ رِوَايَةَ مَالِكٍ وَكَأَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ جَعَلَهَا وَاحِدَةً كَمَا قَالَ فِي الْبَتَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ ؓ جَعَلَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُمَا جَمِيعًا جَعَلَاهَا ثَلَاثًا لِتَكْرِيرِهِ اللَّفْظَ فِي الْمَدْخُولِ بِهَا ثَلَاثًا وَإِرَادَتِهِ بِكُلِّ مَرَّةٍ إِحْدَاثَ طَلَاقٍ كَمَا قُلْنَا فِي رِوَايَةِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ