A man who says every woman he marries is divorced, without specifying a time

Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Salim bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) about a man who says: "Every woman I marry is divorced, and every slave girl I buy is free" - what is the ruling? He said: As for me, if I were in his place, I would neither marry nor buy a slave girl.

Al-Sha'bi and Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If he says, "Every (woman I marry is divorced)," it is nothing.

Ibrahim (and al-Sha'bi) both said: If he says, "Every (woman I marry is divorced)," it is nothing.

It is reported from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) and Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) that if a man used to say, "Whichever woman I marry is divorced," they both held that binding upon him.

Abd al-Malik bin Abi Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him): If a man says, "Whichever woman I marry is divorced," what is the ruling? He said: How can you divorce what you do not own? Divorce only comes after marriage.