Some of our brothers say that there is nothing wrong with the qunut in the Fajr prayer throughout the month of Ramadan. What is the ruling on that?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Some of our brothers say that there is nothing wrong with the qunut in the Fajr prayer throughout the month of Ramadan. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh : This is a matter in which the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have differed: whether the qunut in the Fajr prayer is recommended or not. The correct view is that it is not a recommended practice, and that the qunut in the obligatory prayers is a recommended practice only when a calamity befalls the Muslims from the hardships of the times that occasionally occur. Furthermore, the qunut requires the permission of the imam, meaning the one in authority, so that there is no chaos among the people. If this were left to the discretion of the imams, their preferences would differ, opinions would diverge, and one would make the qunut for some people while another would not, leading to discussion among the people: why did this one make the qunut and that one did not? The one who did not make the qunut would be accused of not caring about the affairs of the Muslims or not being concerned with them. Therefore, we see that no one should make the qunut, even if a calamity befalls the Muslims, except with the approval of the imam, and that a person should not act alone in a general matter. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. This is what the questioner says.
The Shaykh : This is a matter in which the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have differed: whether the qunut in the Fajr prayer is recommended or not. The correct view is that it is not a recommended practice, and that the qunut in the obligatory prayers is a recommended practice only when a calamity befalls the Muslims from the hardships of the times that occasionally occur. Furthermore, the qunut requires the permission of the imam, meaning the one in authority, so that there is no chaos among the people. If this were left to the discretion of the imams, their preferences would differ, opinions would diverge, and one would make the qunut for some people while another would not, leading to discussion among the people: why did this one make the qunut and that one did not? The one who did not make the qunut would be accused of not caring about the affairs of the Muslims or not being concerned with them. Therefore, we see that no one should make the qunut, even if a calamity befalls the Muslims, except with the approval of the imam, and that a person should not act alone in a general matter. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. This is what the questioner says.