Is it permissible to raise the hands in the qunut of Fajr?
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The questioner : But, O Shaykh, here regarding Fajr, I mean, I do not raise my hands in the qunut of Fajr?
The Shaykh: How?
The questioner : I do not raise my hands in the qunut of Fajr.
The Shaykh : No, you raise them just as they do.
The questioner : Is this in the category of, I mean, following the imam?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : On the basis that this is from the sunnah, I mean, on the basis that this matter is by the sunnah, so one does not deviate from the imam in it, so is it by the sunnah?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : On the basis that this is a known matter that it is not a sunnah, this qunut or this supplication; is there not a justification for him not to follow him, or is it from the general texts and the...?
The Shaykh : Have you not heard anything of the speech or the tapes related to this?
The questioner : Unfortunately, I have not heard a detailed explanation, I mean, we will hear it, if Allah wills.
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The Shaykh : ... an iron box, how much do you imagine, imaginations? Imagine a heavy iron box... and so on, with guards on it and so on, and the maintenance is organized with very precise organization; this might be its realization, but let... what? The state permits it.
Another questioner : It does not permit it.
The Shaykh : Here is the knot, the knot is that the ruling system rules by other than the Shari'ah, and this is the calamity of the Muslims today.
Yes, Abu Ahmad.
The Shaykh: How?
The questioner : I do not raise my hands in the qunut of Fajr.
The Shaykh : No, you raise them just as they do.
The questioner : Is this in the category of, I mean, following the imam?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : On the basis that this is from the sunnah, I mean, on the basis that this matter is by the sunnah, so one does not deviate from the imam in it, so is it by the sunnah?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : On the basis that this is a known matter that it is not a sunnah, this qunut or this supplication; is there not a justification for him not to follow him, or is it from the general texts and the...?
The Shaykh : Have you not heard anything of the speech or the tapes related to this?
The questioner : Unfortunately, I have not heard a detailed explanation, I mean, we will hear it, if Allah wills.
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The Shaykh : ... an iron box, how much do you imagine, imaginations? Imagine a heavy iron box... and so on, with guards on it and so on, and the maintenance is organized with very precise organization; this might be its realization, but let... what? The state permits it.
Another questioner : It does not permit it.
The Shaykh : Here is the knot, the knot is that the ruling system rules by other than the Shari'ah, and this is the calamity of the Muslims today.
Yes, Abu Ahmad.
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