Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18950 — A man who divorces and says: I meant

Isa bin Hittan said: Rayyan bin Sabrah al-Hanafi (may Allah have mercy on him) was sitting in the gathering of his people. He picked up a date-stone and said: The date-stone is divorced; the date-stone is divorced three times. The case was brought before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who asked him: What did you intend? He said: I intended to divorce my wife. And Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) separated the two of them.