The ruling on reciting supplications with measured recitation in the qunut
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Question:
He also asks: What is the ruling on reciting the supplication of the qunut with measured recitation (tartil) in a way that makes it sound as if one is reciting the Qur'an? He says that he has heard that this is disliked (makruh), and the one who said this cited as evidence the saying of the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:78] What is your opinion on this? Come. Then. Yes. Sa'id. Yes. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on reciting the supplication in the qunut with measured recitation, as if he is reading the Qur'an? He says that he has heard that this is considered disliked (makruh), and that the verse says: [Ali 'Imran 3:78] What is your opinion on this?
Answer:
It is obligatory (wajib) in the qunut and other supplications that they be made in a clear manner that does not resemble the Qur'an. One should make clear supplications that do not resemble the recitation of the Qur'an, but rather make clear supplications that do not resemble it, such as: "O Allah, honor Islam and the Muslims," "O Allah, honor our brothers in such and such," "O Allah, guide them to the straight path," "O Allah, heal us and bring them good," "O Allah, guide them to the straight path," "O Allah, humiliate their enemies," "O Allah, scatter their gathering," "O Allah, disperse their ranks," "O Allah, make the circle of defeat fall upon them." Supplication has a specific form; this is the form of supplication, whereas the form of the Qur'an is different. One should make supplication without the method of tajwid (rules of recitation). Yes.
He also asks: What is the ruling on reciting the supplication of the qunut with measured recitation (tartil) in a way that makes it sound as if one is reciting the Qur'an? He says that he has heard that this is disliked (makruh), and the one who said this cited as evidence the saying of the Exalted:
And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture
وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِالْكِتَابِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِAnd indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture
وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِالْكِتَابِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِAnswer:
It is obligatory (wajib) in the qunut and other supplications that they be made in a clear manner that does not resemble the Qur'an. One should make clear supplications that do not resemble the recitation of the Qur'an, but rather make clear supplications that do not resemble it, such as: "O Allah, honor Islam and the Muslims," "O Allah, honor our brothers in such and such," "O Allah, guide them to the straight path," "O Allah, heal us and bring them good," "O Allah, guide them to the straight path," "O Allah, humiliate their enemies," "O Allah, scatter their gathering," "O Allah, disperse their ranks," "O Allah, make the circle of defeat fall upon them." Supplication has a specific form; this is the form of supplication, whereas the form of the Qur'an is different. One should make supplication without the method of tajwid (rules of recitation). Yes.
Source
وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (40:20)
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