If the third pronouncement of divorce has been issued, is it sufficient for her to observe the waiting period for one menstrual cycle?

The questioner : According to the view that if we encounter it with a single pronouncement, it is invalid because it is not possible to require him to take her back, this necessitates that if it is the third pronouncement of divorce, she observes the waiting period for one menstrual cycle.

The Shaykh : Yes, and the Shaykh al-Islam also holds that for the third pronouncement of divorce, one menstrual cycle is sufficient, unless there is a scholarly consensus (ijma') preventing that. The author of al-Ikhtiyarat mentioned that Ibn al-Laban said that one menstrual cycle is sufficient for it. Accordingly, the Shaykh al-Islam’s choice is this view, which is conditional on there being no scholarly consensus; his choice is that one menstrual cycle is sufficient for it.