The Difference Between “Your Command Is in Your Hand” and “Choose Yourself”

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have a difficulty regarding the difference between the phrase “your command is in your hand” and the phrase “choose yourself.” Why does the first one give her the right to pronounce three divorces, while the second gives her only one? Is there a difference between them in language and meaning?

Answer:
“Your command is in your hand” is general; it means she is free, and she has the right to divorce herself as she wishes. As for “choose yourself,” this is understood to mean the minimum of divorce, which is one. “Choose yourself” is understood to mean the minimum of divorce, which is one. Yes.