Furūq al-fiqhiyya in the context of 'ibādāt according to Hanafī sect

Furūq has developed as a sub-branch of fiqh as well as sciences such as tafsir, Arabic language, and theology. In the fiqh literature, the field in which the issues that are similar in form but different in terms of judgement are analyzed is known by this name. This branch of science developed with the beginning of analyzing the similar and different aspects of the issues in the works of fiqh and the first independent works were written in the 4th century of Hijri. There is usually a separate chapter on furūq in the works of the genre of al-ashbāḥ and al-naẓāir. These chapters include examples of furūq within the systematics of furū fiqh. On the other hand, the works that deal with the similarities and differences of the subjects in the works of usūl are also referred to by this name. The identification and analysis of the points of convergence and difference between the jurisprudence in classical fiqh works is still up to date and many studies have been conducted in this field. In this thesis, the ijtihāds of Hanafi jurists on acts of worship were identified and analyzed by using the method of jurisprudence, which is one of the methods of writing furūq. Classical Hanafi sources were evaluated by document analysis method. In the first chapter, furūq was examined as a sub-discipline of fiqh. In the second chapter, issues that are similar in form but different in terms of judgement under the headings of taharah, prayer, fasting, zakat and pilgrimage were discussed with their evidence. The main purpose of this thesis is to determine why similar fiqh issues have different judgements. As a result, it was seen that furūq is generally existing in jurisprudential matters