What is the ruling on qunut in the Fajr prayer?
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The questioner : A young man asked me this today, Ra'fat.
-- The Shaykh : What, Tairin?
The questioner : He says the imam of their mosque...
The Shaykh : Is this in al-Nasr?
The questioner : In al-Nasr, in some of the prayers.
The Shaykh : Is this the shaved Kuwaiti?
The questioner : No, it is someone else, because this one is at the... this one is at al-Nasr Mosque.
The Shaykh : Ah, at al-Nasr Mosque.
The questioner : Yes, he says that he said: "There is no qunut." So he said: "Can we not make the supplication with a loud voice, but each person makes it secretly in the second rak'ah after the bowing, each in his own secret? Is this state and method correct from the Sunnah or permissible?"
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not correct from two aspects. The first aspect is that here there is lengthening of the second rak'ah over the first, and the Sunnah is the opposite; the rak'ahs, as their length decreases, the last rak'ah is much shorter than the first, and the third is a little longer, and so on. So this is the opposite of the Sunnah in this way. And the second method—and it is clearer—is that he added something that was not there, like qunut aloud; meaning, as if he made qunut secretly. If he made qunut secretly, there is no doubt that he brought in something not prescribed. But the one who makes qunut aloud brought in two things: something not prescribed in the first place, and making it aloud in the second place. So this is more reprehensible than the first. So there is no difference between the one who made qunut secretly and the one who did not make qunut secretly but made any supplication, because in both cases—the first case where he made qunut secretly, and the other case where he made supplication secretly—he brought in something that was not prescribed.
The questioner : He was mentioning to the young men that he said: "The scholars said, among them al-Shawkani in *Nail al-Awtar*." Is this transmission from him correct?
The Shaykh : It is not authentic.
The questioner : It is not correct. I said to him: "I mean, it is strange why... and we have a sitting rest after the tashahhud before the taslim, he said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1163Sahih (Darussalam), why does he not utilize this place that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated?"
The Shaykh : He wants to please the people who make qunut; because when he says that he has a group of Salafis and a group of madhhab followers, among them Hanafis and among them Shafi'is, when he announces to the public that I am not going to make it aloud, each person does what he wishes, the Shafi'i remains making qunut, so he achieved his goal. This means the trial of the shaykhs today is that pleasing people is their goal, not following the Sunnah at all.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah!
-- The Shaykh : What, Tairin?
The questioner : He says the imam of their mosque...
The Shaykh : Is this in al-Nasr?
The questioner : In al-Nasr, in some of the prayers.
The Shaykh : Is this the shaved Kuwaiti?
The questioner : No, it is someone else, because this one is at the... this one is at al-Nasr Mosque.
The Shaykh : Ah, at al-Nasr Mosque.
The questioner : Yes, he says that he said: "There is no qunut." So he said: "Can we not make the supplication with a loud voice, but each person makes it secretly in the second rak'ah after the bowing, each in his own secret? Is this state and method correct from the Sunnah or permissible?"
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not correct from two aspects. The first aspect is that here there is lengthening of the second rak'ah over the first, and the Sunnah is the opposite; the rak'ahs, as their length decreases, the last rak'ah is much shorter than the first, and the third is a little longer, and so on. So this is the opposite of the Sunnah in this way. And the second method—and it is clearer—is that he added something that was not there, like qunut aloud; meaning, as if he made qunut secretly. If he made qunut secretly, there is no doubt that he brought in something not prescribed. But the one who makes qunut aloud brought in two things: something not prescribed in the first place, and making it aloud in the second place. So this is more reprehensible than the first. So there is no difference between the one who made qunut secretly and the one who did not make qunut secretly but made any supplication, because in both cases—the first case where he made qunut secretly, and the other case where he made supplication secretly—he brought in something that was not prescribed.
The questioner : He was mentioning to the young men that he said: "The scholars said, among them al-Shawkani in *Nail al-Awtar*." Is this transmission from him correct?
The Shaykh : It is not authentic.
The questioner : It is not correct. I said to him: "I mean, it is strange why... and we have a sitting rest after the tashahhud before the taslim, he said:
then choose any supplication that you like
ليتخيَّر أحدكم من الدعاء ما شاءThe Shaykh : He wants to please the people who make qunut; because when he says that he has a group of Salafis and a group of madhhab followers, among them Hanafis and among them Shafi'is, when he announces to the public that I am not going to make it aloud, each person does what he wishes, the Shafi'i remains making qunut, so he achieved his goal. This means the trial of the shaykhs today is that pleasing people is their goal, not following the Sunnah at all.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah!
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