Discussion on Qunut in Times of Calamity.

The Shaykh : The point is that the authentic hadiths are in "Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim," because the hadith attributed to Muslim was narrated by al-Bukhari in his collection. The hadith of Anas that we mentioned, which is authentic, all of these are in agreement and abundant regarding the prescription of qunut for calamities. The distinction at that time is that qunut is not prescribed in any of the five prayers except for the presence of the cause, which is the calamity. There is no distinction at that time between the Fajr prayer and the rest of the five prayers; just as qunut is performed for a calamity in the Fajr prayer, it is also performed in the rest of the five prayers. What is not performed in any of the five prayers is also not performed in the Fajr prayer. Therefore, the Fajr prayer has no special status that distinguishes it from the rest of the five prayers regarding qunut. Qunut is prescribed for calamities in the five prayers, and it is not prescribed for any other cause; this is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not persist in qunut for calamities at all. Rather, the following was revealed regarding that, His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) — yes, indeed: , for.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh, yes, indeed, , then after this verse was revealed and the Messenger (peace be upon him) ceased supplicating against those people, the wisdom of the verse became apparent: ; whereupon they repented, turned back, and submitted to Islam. After that, the Messenger (peace be upon him) did not persist in qunut in any prayer except when, as we said, a calamity occurred. Therefore, the basis for qunut in the Fajr prayer is a denounced hadith, the hadith of Anas: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to perform qunut in the Fajr prayer until he departed this world." The truth is that the matter is as Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah said in his book "Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad": "If the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had performed qunut in the Fajr prayer with this continuity, authentic hadiths would have been transmitted; because it was something he persisted in. How could its mention not come except in a denounced hadith?" Therefore, there is no surprise at that time that the other schools of jurisprudence are based on the authentic hadiths only, and their practice is not based on this denounced hadith.