A man who grants his wife khul: how many divorces does it count as?

Jumhan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman obtained khul' from her husband, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) counted it as one divorce.

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Jumhan al-Aslami (may Allah have mercy on him) granted khul' to a woman; then both of them regretted it, and they came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: It is one divorce, unless you specify the number of divorces, in which case it is according to what was specified.

Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Khul' is one divorce.

Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) said: My father used to count khul' as one irrevocable divorce.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made khul' one divorce.

Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A single irrevocable divorce occurs only in khul' and in ila' (an oath to abstain from one's wife).

However, Ali bin Hashim narrated it (with Alqamah in the chain): from Alqamah, from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ibrahim, Amir (al-Sha'bi) and Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on them) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

The same is reported from Amir (al-Sha'bi) through Jabir.

And through Ata, from Sa'id bin Jubayr; they (all) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce, and likewise ila' and mubara'ah (mutual release).

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

And through Yunus, from al-Hasan, regarding a man who grants his wife khul': they both said: His taking the money is one irrevocable divorce.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When a man takes his wife's matter off his own neck (i.e. hands her matter over to her), it is one divorce, even if she chooses him.

Qabisah bin Dhu'ayb (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one divorce; if the woman wishes, she may marry (him again) with a new dowry.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Every khul' for which compensation was taken is one irrevocable divorce.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Every khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Maymun (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In the reading of Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) it is: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Every woman for whom a ransom has been given for herself has more right over herself; she may return to her former husband only by her own wish.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one divorce.

Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khul' is one irrevocable divorce, and if the woman stipulated a (further) divorce, that too takes effect.