Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ مُجَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُجَالِدٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ نا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ نا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ نا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَشْعَثِيُّ أنا عَبْثَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ هُوَ الشَّعْبِيُّ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَجْعَلُ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامًا قَالَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ جَعَلَهَا ثَلَاثًا قَالَ عَامِرٌ مَا قَالَ ؓ هَذَا إِنَّمَا قَالَ لَا أُحِلُّهَا وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهَا وَرَوَيْنَا فِيمَا مَضَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَنَّهَا ثَلَاثٌ إِذَا نَوَى إِلَّا أَنَّهَا رِوَايَةٌ ضَعِيفَةٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
English Translation
Al-Sha'bi said regarding a man who declares his wife forbidden to himself: They say that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) made it three divorces. Al-Sha'bi said: He (may Allah be pleased with him) did not say this. He only said: I neither make it lawful nor make it forbidden. We narrated previously from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that it counts as three if intended, but that is a weak narration. And Allah knows best.