What is the ruling on qunut in times of calamity and the imams leaving it out?
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The questioner: May Allah reward you with good. This tape, I mean, was distributed widely, or many people listen to it. And perhaps it is advice like this for some of us: in the mosques, as we know, qunut in the prayers is a recommended practice (sunnah) in our days. As we know, the Muslims are in trials, and it is not specific to the Fajr prayer. So a direction to the imams: why don't they say it? I mean, since we see that qunut is a recommended practice and desirable...
The Shaykh : They leave it out, for example, what?
The questioner: We also weigh things. We weigh them.
The Shaykh : It is not upon you, I mean, for example.
The questioner: The existing prohibitions. What does the imam mean? Okay. Allah the Exalted that He will lift these trials from the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes, as you say, it is as you say, that it is from the Sunnah. Yes. But unfortunately.
The questioner : And this recommended practice (sunnah) is neglected, I mean, now.
The Shaykh : Unfortunately. There are recommended practices (sunnah) that are neglected and abandoned, and there are recommended practices (sunnah) that must be revived, and this is in reality one of them. But perhaps some of the supplications do not fit the prevailing politics today, and this is something not hidden from you.
The questioner: May you be safe, my uncle. May Allah reward you with good. A hint or clarification, I mean.
The Shaykh : This is necessary to say that qunut is specifically for the fighting that is taking place between Muslims in some countries, like Yemen recently, unfortunately. But all of this is from the incitements of the disbelievers, all of it is from the incitements of the disbelievers. Come on, O preacher.
The questioner : We ask Allah. What is the situation between the two countries? My brother, what is our shame and where has it led us? Let us be.
The Shaykh: Glory be to You, O Allah, and bless you.
The questioner: May Allah bless you. Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: There is no god but Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The Shaykh : They leave it out, for example, what?
The questioner: We also weigh things. We weigh them.
The Shaykh : It is not upon you, I mean, for example.
The questioner: The existing prohibitions. What does the imam mean? Okay. Allah the Exalted that He will lift these trials from the Muslims.
The Shaykh: Yes, as you say, it is as you say, that it is from the Sunnah. Yes. But unfortunately.
The questioner : And this recommended practice (sunnah) is neglected, I mean, now.
The Shaykh : Unfortunately. There are recommended practices (sunnah) that are neglected and abandoned, and there are recommended practices (sunnah) that must be revived, and this is in reality one of them. But perhaps some of the supplications do not fit the prevailing politics today, and this is something not hidden from you.
The questioner: May you be safe, my uncle. May Allah reward you with good. A hint or clarification, I mean.
The Shaykh : This is necessary to say that qunut is specifically for the fighting that is taking place between Muslims in some countries, like Yemen recently, unfortunately. But all of this is from the incitements of the disbelievers, all of it is from the incitements of the disbelievers. Come on, O preacher.
The questioner : We ask Allah. What is the situation between the two countries? My brother, what is our shame and where has it led us? Let us be.
The Shaykh: Glory be to You, O Allah, and bless you.
The questioner: May Allah bless you. Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: There is no god but Allah, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 414 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (43:34)
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