The Times as an Additional Thing of the Commandment or Commanded Thing in the Hanaf？’s Tought of Usul al-Fiqh (A Study on the Development of Time Theory)

Time is one of the concepts that have undeniable importance in human life. Islam has associated some worship and responsibilities with time. Based on the importance of this issue, Islamic jurists have shown different approaches especially to worship and in general about the connection and relationship aspect of all responsibilities. When the tradition of Hanaf？’s usul al-fiqh is examined, it can be seen that some partitions have been done in order to determine whether that Shari‘ wanted to do from responsible (mukallaf) or his speech that imposed responsibility for the responsible was limited to a certain time. In general, there is a triple classification in the form of a “wide time”, “narrow time” and “equivocal time”. However, Hanaf？ scholars have presented different theories as a reflection of their understanding of usul al-fiqh and made some contributions to understand the subject. In this way, it can be stated that it is aimed to explain the theoretical background of the point of contact of the things that fall under the responsibility of the responsible (mukallaf). In this article, we will try to examine the approaches of Hanaf？ scholars of usul al-fiqh about the types of time as a feature of the commandment or commanded thing and their contribution to the development of time theory