The Rule for Qunut in Times of Calamity and Who Is Entitled to Perform Qunut
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It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he performed qunut in times of calamity. In these days, calamities are frequent, whether at the level of the Muslim community or its individuals. What is the rule for supplication in these calamities?
What I see is that qunut should be restricted to what some scholars mentioned: that only the imam performs qunut, and this is the position of the Hanbali school,They say: In times of calamity, qunut is not performed except by the imam, and anyone other than the imam does not perform qunut. The imam or his deputy, such as the judges,And they explained that: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed qunut in times of calamity, and the other mosques did not perform qunut. It is not reported that they performed qunut. However, the correct view is that the imam, the imam’s deputy, the imam of the mosque, and the person praying alone should perform qunut. But considering that there are no regulations in our time, what I see is that the matter should be left to the command of the rulers.If he says: If they say, “Perform qunut,” we perform qunut. If they do not say it, we do not perform qunut. There is no blame on a person for supplicating between himself and Allah; no one prevents him. However, it is better not to perform a public qunut without the command of the rulers, so that people do not become lax. A person might come whose hen dies,He says: and he considers this a great calamity and performs qunut.Like a person who came to the imam and said: “My mother died, pray for her the prayer for the absent.” His mother is just one of the people.He said: “My mother died—O our imam—pray for her the prayer for the absent.” This is a problem; there is no rule for it.
You seem to have been surprised that a hen could be a calamity. Abu 'Amir was a small boy in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He had a small bird called al-Naghir with which he played. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came in and found the boy sad. A calamity had befallen him, and al-Naghir had died.So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would say to him: (O Abu 'Amir, what happened to al-Naghir?)
What I see is that qunut should be restricted to what some scholars mentioned: that only the imam performs qunut, and this is the position of the Hanbali school,They say: In times of calamity, qunut is not performed except by the imam, and anyone other than the imam does not perform qunut. The imam or his deputy, such as the judges,And they explained that: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed qunut in times of calamity, and the other mosques did not perform qunut. It is not reported that they performed qunut. However, the correct view is that the imam, the imam’s deputy, the imam of the mosque, and the person praying alone should perform qunut. But considering that there are no regulations in our time, what I see is that the matter should be left to the command of the rulers.If he says: If they say, “Perform qunut,” we perform qunut. If they do not say it, we do not perform qunut. There is no blame on a person for supplicating between himself and Allah; no one prevents him. However, it is better not to perform a public qunut without the command of the rulers, so that people do not become lax. A person might come whose hen dies,He says: and he considers this a great calamity and performs qunut.Like a person who came to the imam and said: “My mother died, pray for her the prayer for the absent.” His mother is just one of the people.He said: “My mother died—O our imam—pray for her the prayer for the absent.” This is a problem; there is no rule for it.
You seem to have been surprised that a hen could be a calamity. Abu 'Amir was a small boy in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He had a small bird called al-Naghir with which he played. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came in and found the boy sad. A calamity had befallen him, and al-Naghir had died.So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would say to him: (O Abu 'Amir, what happened to al-Naghir?)