Aban bin Taghlib narrates: I asked Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq about a man who gives his wife three divorces. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq said: "That woman becomes separated (bainah) from that man and she will not be lawful for him until she marries another man and becomes a widow or is divorced." I asked him: "Should I give people a fatwa according to this?" He replied: "Yes."