The Ruling on Supplication in the Witr Prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, says: Regarding the prescribed supplication in the witr prayer, if a person is in a state of purity and prays alone, should I vary the supplication or stick to one? And if I omit the supplication for a whole month or half a month, is there any issue with that?

Answer:
The supplication in the standing position is called qunut. It is performed after the bowing, after raising the head from the bowing and before the prostration. This is the qunut supplication, and no specific supplication has been designated for it. So each person supplicates with what Allah has made easy for him. Yes, it was reported in a hadith of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught him a supplication to recite in the qunut to the end of the hadith. If one recites it, that is better, and if he supplicates with something else, there is no harm.