Is it permissible for us to recite the qunut in all prayers?

The questioner : All right; my Shaykh, on this occasion, all right, these calamities that have spread throughout the Muslim community now in the lands of the Muslims; is it permissible for us to recite the qunut in all prayers?

The Shaykh : Of course, why not?

The questioner : Permanently?

The Shaykh : Not permanently. If by the word "permanently" you mean that we supplicate for Andalusia, for example, because it was an Islamic land? Of course not. But the calamity, when it is a temporary matter, one supplicates for it. However, if it becomes part of the life of Muslims, unfortunately, then at that time the meaning is lost.

Another questioner : Meaning the most recent, then the most recent?

The Shaykh : Oh?

Another questioner : The most recent...

The questioner : Meaning we distinguish between a chronic calamity and...

The Shaykh : Ah, it would be, unfortunately.

The questioner : For example, the issue of Afghanistan now?

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : The issue of Afghanistan now, do we supplicate for it, for example?

The Shaykh: Of course.

The questioner : In all the prayers?

The Shaykh : In all the prayers.

The questioner : Every day?

The Shaykh : And look at the wonders; I do not think anyone supplicates! No one recites the qunut, glory be to Allah!

The questioner : If a person or a mosque imam persists in it...

The Shaykh : It would be reviving a Sunnah.

Another questioner : Meaning, just as our brother, for example, cited the hadith in which Abu Hurayrah indicates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the qunut in the Fajr prayer; if another person came and said: "One of the other narrators said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the qunut in the Maghrib prayer, so I also want to specify it in the Maghrib prayer."

The Shaykh : That does not happen. We have said it now, and we have enumerated more than you, even including the five prayers.