The Condition of the Imam's Permission for the Qunut of Occasions
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The questioner:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the permission of the Imam required for the qunut of occasions, or is it based on the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the mosque's imam?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not based on the mosque's ijtihad. This requires a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling). It requires a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge, and the one in authority generalizes it. The one in authority generalizes it. If matters are in chaos, the Companions did not recite the qunut except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the ruler, and he was the one in authority.
The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, an imam of a mosque in the city of Riyadh has been reciting the qunut for the Chechens for a year, and he has never left it out in the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, and he mentions that you have issued a fatwa to him regarding this, so I ask for clarification? How much?
The Shaykh:
No, I do not know this. I do not say this. I say that it is not issued except with the permission of the imam, based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. Matters are a fard (obligatory), matters must be regulated. The one who says I am lying, yes.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the permission of the Imam required for the qunut of occasions, or is it based on the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the mosque's imam?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not based on the mosque's ijtihad. This requires a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling). It requires a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge, and the one in authority generalizes it. The one in authority generalizes it. If matters are in chaos, the Companions did not recite the qunut except when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, and he was the ruler, and he was the one in authority.
The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, an imam of a mosque in the city of Riyadh has been reciting the qunut for the Chechens for a year, and he has never left it out in the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, and he mentions that you have issued a fatwa to him regarding this, so I ask for clarification? How much?
The Shaykh:
No, I do not know this. I do not say this. I say that it is not issued except with the permission of the imam, based on a fatwa from the scholars of knowledge. Matters are a fard (obligatory), matters must be regulated. The one who says I am lying, yes.
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الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 019-كتاب الصلاة - 10- تكملة صلاة تطوع - 19-7-21 هـ — archive.org (1:07:53)
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