Is the permission of the ruler required for qunut in times of calamity?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the permission of the ruler required for qunut in times of calamity? What is the evidence? And what is meant by this wali (guardian), the ruler?
Answer:
Yes, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not recite qunut until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the ruler. He did not recite it without his command or without his action (peace and blessings be upon him). He is the ruler, and he is in charge of the affairs. It is known that he is the sultan. This is to be based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. The scholars issue the fatwa, and the sultan generalizes this matter to the mosques. As for matters being in chaos, that is not acceptable. It is not acceptable for matters to be in chaos, with everyone exercising independent legal reasoning, everyone doing something, and everyone acting without order and discipline. Yes. May Allah reward you.
As for a person who supplicates for the Muslims on his own and individually, that is prohibited. He supplicates; if he stands up at night and recites qunut in the witr prayer, he supplicates for the Muslims and supplicates against the disbelievers in the night prayer and in his qunut. Even in the obligatory prayer, he supplicates in prostration, supplicates against the disbelievers, and supplicates for the Muslims in the obligatory prayer and in the voluntary prayer and in the qunut. But if he does this in the mosques, in congregations, and in the obligatory prayer after bowing, that is not chaos. In this matter, one must refer to the scholars of knowledge.
And this is to be done by a general order from the competent authority responsible for the mosques, which is the deputy of the sultan in this matter. It is not necessary for an order to come from the King. If an order comes from the Ministry, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, then it is acting as the deputy of the King in this matter. It is based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. Discipline is necessary, and chaos is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the permission of the ruler required for qunut in times of calamity? What is the evidence? And what is meant by this wali (guardian), the ruler?
Answer:
Yes, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not recite qunut until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the ruler. He did not recite it without his command or without his action (peace and blessings be upon him). He is the ruler, and he is in charge of the affairs. It is known that he is the sultan. This is to be based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. The scholars issue the fatwa, and the sultan generalizes this matter to the mosques. As for matters being in chaos, that is not acceptable. It is not acceptable for matters to be in chaos, with everyone exercising independent legal reasoning, everyone doing something, and everyone acting without order and discipline. Yes. May Allah reward you.
As for a person who supplicates for the Muslims on his own and individually, that is prohibited. He supplicates; if he stands up at night and recites qunut in the witr prayer, he supplicates for the Muslims and supplicates against the disbelievers in the night prayer and in his qunut. Even in the obligatory prayer, he supplicates in prostration, supplicates against the disbelievers, and supplicates for the Muslims in the obligatory prayer and in the voluntary prayer and in the qunut. But if he does this in the mosques, in congregations, and in the obligatory prayer after bowing, that is not chaos. In this matter, one must refer to the scholars of knowledge.
And this is to be done by a general order from the competent authority responsible for the mosques, which is the deputy of the sultan in this matter. It is not necessary for an order to come from the King. If an order comes from the Ministry, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, then it is acting as the deputy of the King in this matter. It is based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. Discipline is necessary, and chaos is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُشترط إذن ولي الأمر للقنوت عند النوازل؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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