LessonsThe Commanded Act: Unrestricted and Time-Bound DutiesQuiz

Two major positions concern when an unrestricted command must be fulfilled: fawr (immediacy) and tarākhī (permissible deferment).

In the Hanafi discussion, the principal treatment associated with Abū Ḥanīfa and his companions allows deferment; al-Karkhī is reported as holding that an unrestricted command requires immediacy. Other scholars also adopt the immediacy position.

The key question is whether the bare imperative supplies a time restriction when the law has not specified one. Advocates of deferment require separate evidence before adding such a restriction.

Hastening to perform a duty may be recommended; recommendation to hasten and obligatory immediacy from the wording are different legal propositions.

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Immediate versus deferred execution

The Commanded Act: Unrestricted and Time-Bound Duties

Two major positions concern when an unrestricted command must be fulfilled: fawr (immediacy) and tarākhī (permissible deferment).

In the Hanafi discussion, the principal treatment associated with Abū Ḥanīfa and his companions allows deferment; al-Karkhī is reported as holding that an unrestricted command requires immediacy. Other scholars also adopt the immediacy position.

The key question is whether the bare imperative supplies a time restriction when the law has not specified one. Advocates of deferment require separate evidence before adding such a restriction.

Hastening to perform a duty may be recommended; recommendation to hasten and obligatory immediacy from the wording are different legal propositions.