The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "When you divorce women"

The Shaykh : Divorce is the untying of the bond of marriage, or the untying of part of it. This is because the marriage contract necessitates a connection between the man and his wife, and divorce is the untying of this bond and this connection. This untying is either of the whole or of a part. If the divorce is one in which there is a right of revocation, it is the untying of a part. If there is no right of revocation, it is the untying of the whole. Therefore, if a man divorces his wife once, it is the untying of a part. Twice,
The student: A part.

The Shaykh : Three times.
The student: The whole.

The Shaykh : It is the untying of the whole, because with this divorce she is not lawful to him until she marries another husband.
And His saying "There is no divorce except after marriage; there is no divorce except after marriage." This is because divorce is the untying of the bond, and the bond does not exist except through the contract. For this reason, if a man says to a woman, "If I marry you, you are divorced," and then he marries her, she is not divorced. Why? Because divorce does not occur except after the contract. Here, the divorce was conditioned upon a woman before he contracted with her, so this divorce does not take effect.