The ruling on qunut in the obligatory prayers for the oppressed
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Question:
May Allah send you well. The questioner asks: What is your view, Honorable Shaykh, on the supplication of qunut in these days for our oppressed brothers in Palestine?
Answer:
As for a person making supplication on his own, and in his witr, there is nothing wrong with that; it is not prohibited. As for supplication in the obligatory prayers, qunut in the obligatory prayers, this requires a fatwa from the scholars, because not everyone can assess the current events, or everyone knows the events that warrant qunut. It is necessary to refer to the scholars and those who issue fatwas. If they decide on qunut and make it general for the people, then the imams of the mosques must perform it. Yes, they should perform qunut, because those who assess these matters are the scholars.[An-Nisa 4:83].
But, unfortunately, I think last year they were performing qunut without a fatwa. So when the fatwa for qunut came, they refrained from qunut. Many of the imams of the mosques were performing qunut before the fatwa, so when the fatwa for qunut came, they refrained from qunut, meaning they are being stubborn, as if they are being stubborn.
May Allah send you well. The questioner asks: What is your view, Honorable Shaykh, on the supplication of qunut in these days for our oppressed brothers in Palestine?
Answer:
As for a person making supplication on his own, and in his witr, there is nothing wrong with that; it is not prohibited. As for supplication in the obligatory prayers, qunut in the obligatory prayers, this requires a fatwa from the scholars, because not everyone can assess the current events, or everyone knows the events that warrant qunut. It is necessary to refer to the scholars and those who issue fatwas. If they decide on qunut and make it general for the people, then the imams of the mosques must perform it. Yes, they should perform qunut, because those who assess these matters are the scholars.
And when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it.
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْBut, unfortunately, I think last year they were performing qunut without a fatwa. So when the fatwa for qunut came, they refrained from qunut. Many of the imams of the mosques were performing qunut before the fatwa, so when the fatwa for qunut came, they refrained from qunut, meaning they are being stubborn, as if they are being stubborn.
Source
دعاء القنوت للمستضعفين — alfawzan.live
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