Qunut al-Nawazil: Is the Imam’s Permission Required
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the qunut al-nawazil dependent on the Imam’s permission, or is it based on the Imam of the mosque’s independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
No, it is not based on the Imam of the mosque’s independent legal reasoning. This requires a fatwa. It requires a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge, and the one in authority must generalize it. These are matters of obligation. The Companions did not recite qunut except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited qunut, and he was the ruler, the one in authority.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the qunut al-nawazil dependent on the Imam’s permission, or is it based on the Imam of the mosque’s independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
No, it is not based on the Imam of the mosque’s independent legal reasoning. This requires a fatwa. It requires a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge, and the one in authority must generalize it. These are matters of obligation. The Companions did not recite qunut except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited qunut, and he was the ruler, the one in authority.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/32 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:09:34)
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