The Ruling on the Supplication for Deliverance in Times of Calamity and the Condition of the Ruler’s Permission
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does the supplication for deliverance in times of calamity require the permission of the one in authority?
Answer:
It is required that a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) be issued by the mufti (a scholar who issues fatwas); this is within the mufti’s jurisdiction. If a fatwa is issued by the mufti, then the people pray, because the consideration of this matter is referred to the mufti. The Companions did not recite the qunut (a supplication made standing in prayer) except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the mufti, the judge, and the one in authority. The Companions did not do this except after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did it. Therefore, for someone to recite the qunut without a fatwa from the scholars is an act of transgression against the rights of the rulers.
Honorable Shaykh, does the supplication for deliverance in times of calamity require the permission of the one in authority?
Answer:
It is required that a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) be issued by the mufti (a scholar who issues fatwas); this is within the mufti’s jurisdiction. If a fatwa is issued by the mufti, then the people pray, because the consideration of this matter is referred to the mufti. The Companions did not recite the qunut (a supplication made standing in prayer) except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the mufti, the judge, and the one in authority. The Companions did not do this except after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did it. Therefore, for someone to recite the qunut without a fatwa from the scholars is an act of transgression against the rights of the rulers.
Source
دعاء القنوت في النوازل بفتوى من المفتي — alfawzan.live
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