Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr (RA) ibn Hazm thatUmar ibn Abdul Aziz had asked him what people said about the irrevocable divorce, and Abu Bakr (RA) had replied that Aban ibn Uthman had clarified that it was declared only once. Umar ibn Abdul Aziz said, "Even if divorce had to be declared a thousand times, theirrevocable would use them all up. A person who says, irrevocably has cast the furthest limit."