If a husband divorces his wife with a revocable divorce, and then pronounces a second divorce during the waiting period, does it take effect?

The questioner : Your Eminence, if a husband divorces his wife with a revocable divorce, and then follows it with a second divorce during the waiting period before taking her back, does this second divorce take effect?

The Shaykh : The majority of scholars hold that it does take effect; that is, the divorce that follows the first divorce takes effect.
Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) chose the position that it does not take effect, and that the second divorce does not take effect except after a new marriage contract or a taking back. His statement is the correct one. Yes.