A man divorcing his wife a hundred or a thousand times in one statement

A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have divorced my wife ninety-nine times! He asked him: What did the people tell you? He said: The people told me that my wife has become unlawful for me. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: They wished to be lenient with you; she became separated (ba'in) from you with the three divorces, and the remaining divorces are sin.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man gives his wife a hundred divorces, what is the ruling? He said: The woman becomes unlawful by three divorces, and the ninety-seven divorces are sin.

A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have given my wife a hundred divorces; now what is the ruling? He said: She became separated (ba'in) from you by three divorces, and the rest are disobedience.

Zayd bin Wahb (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In Madinah there was a man who joked a great deal. He gave his wife a thousand divorces. His case was brought before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: I was only joking. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) struck him on the head with his whip and separated the two of them.

Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I have divorced my wife a thousand times; what is the ruling now?" He said, "She became irrevocably separated (ba'in) from you with three divorces alone, and distribute the remaining divorces among your other wives."

Antarah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came to him and said, "O Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)! I have divorced my wife a hundred times, and I gave them in a single utterance. Has she become irrevocably separated from me by three, when it is only one?" He said, "She has become irrevocably separated from you by three, and upon you is the sin of ninety-seven divorces."

Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said, "I have divorced my wife a thousand or a hundred times; what is the ruling on this?" He said, "She has become irrevocably separated from you by three, and the rest are a sin; you have made a mockery of the verses of Allah."

Mu'awiyah bin Abi Tihya (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I have divorced my wife a hundred times; what is the ruling now?" He said, "By three divorces she has become unlawful for you, and the remaining ninety-seven are a sin!"

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man divorces his wife a hundred times, what is the ruling? He said, "By three divorces she becomes unlawful, and the ninety-seven are surplus."

Sa'id al-Maqburi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came and said, "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! I have divorced my wife a hundred times; what is the ruling?" He said, "She has become irrevocably separated from you by three divorces, and you will have to give account for the ninety-seven divorces on the Day of Resurrection."

A man said to Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) that he had divorced his wife a hundred times. He said, "She has become irrevocably separated from you by three divorces, and the rest are extravagance and disobedience."

A man came to al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and said, "I have divorced my wife a thousand times." He said, "The old woman has become separated from you."

A man came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I have divorced my wife a thousand times." He said, "Three divorces have made her unlawful for you, and distribute the rest among your other wives."