The disagreement in the cited passage concerns allowances for elderly women: three specified prayers according to Abu Hanifa, and the remaining prayers as well according to Abu Yusuf and Muhammad. Later Hanafi rulings sometimes applied stricter judgments based on changed social circumstances; the original ruling, its rationale and later application should be kept distinct.
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The disagreement in the cited passage concerns allowances for elderly women: three specified prayers according to Abu Hanifa, and the remaining prayers as well according to Abu Yusuf and Muhammad. Later Hanafi rulings sometimes applied stricter judgments based on changed social circumstances; the original ruling, its rationale and later application should be kept distinct.