Is there evidence that the qunut for calamities is specific to the Fajr prayer?

Abu Malik: He saysThe questioner: Is there evidence that the qunut for calamities is specific to the Fajr prayer?

The Shaykh: No, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not single out any of the five prayers for the qunut for calamities; rather, he would recite the qunut in the five prayers. What should be noted regarding this question—and with the left hand as well—is that there is no hadith regarding the persistence of the qunut except a weak hadith, indeed a fabricated hadith in my specific assessment, which is the one the Shafi'is act upon today. It is the hadith of Anas ibn Malik in al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim and others: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to recite the qunut in the Fajr prayer until he departed this world." This is a very explicit text regarding the persistence of the qunut in the Fajr prayer, and not regarding calamities continuously: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to recite the qunut in the Fajr prayer until he departed this world." However, from the perspective of hadith chains, this hadith is weak because it contains a man known first for poor memory and famous among hadith scholars by his kunyah, Abu Ja'far al-Razi, whose name is Isa ibn Mahan. He was of poor memory, so one like him is judged to have a weak hadith. And it is the madhhab of Imam Ahmad to judge every hadith that a weak narrator narrates alone as fabricated. This is from the madhhab of Imam Ahmad. As for the others, they are content with describing it as weak only, because a fabricated hadith, according to the majority of hadith scholars, requires another condition to be met. This condition is met here, so the hadith is fabricated by the agreement of the scholars, meaning by the agreement of their rules and principles, not by their explicit verbal statement. That is because this hadith, which was narrated alone by that weak man, Abu Ja'far al-Razi, contradicts the trustworthy narrator who narrated this hadith of Anas with the wording So this first specifies and denies the continuity, and then it says that he (peace be upon him) would only supplicate when he supplicated for a group or against a group. He would supplicate for a group of oppressed Muslims, for example, on earth, or against a group of oppressive, wicked people who transgress against the weak Muslims.

The questioner: One of the Shaykhs says that Abu Ja'far al-Razi was of poor memory regarding one person and not regarding another, so regarding this narrator, he is not of poor memory?

The Shaykh: This is a newly invented explanation, and every newly invented matter is an innovation. This is like what we heard while we were in the car.