Some imams prolong the supplication of qunut significantly and use many moving passages to soften hearts and draw out tears, even though the weak suffer from the length of standing, to the point that

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : Some imams prolong the supplication of qunut significantly and use many moving passages to soften hearts and draw out tears, even though the weak suffer from the length of standing, to the point that some of them may leave the mosque because of the length of his standing in his qunut. What is your guidance, may Allah guide you? And what is the supplication of qunut reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh : What I see regarding qunut is that there should be no deficiency or excess; that is, no reduction or addition. Moderation in matters is the best of things, and the best of things is the middle path. One should not deprive people of moving their hearts with varied supplications, which one may vary either in a single standing or in one night over another, nor should one prolong it excessively. It has reached me that some imams remain for forty-five minutes or more in the supplication of qunut. It has also reached me that some make the supplication of qunut a composed sermon. This is certainly not something that should be done, unless the people of the mosque are a fixed group where no one else enters, and they have agreed with the imam on this method. I hope there is no harm in that, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: However, if it is in a public mosque where everyone prays, then it is not something that should be prolonged, and perhaps sin may be incurred in that, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the one who prolongs the prayer in congregation: Or he said: So what I see is that a person should not deprive people of a supplication that softens their hearts, which may be answered for them, and should not prolong it in a way that is difficult for them. As for what is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) regarding the supplication of qunut, it is what he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both): to the end of the known supplication. It is also reported from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to recite in qunut: "O Allah, we seek Your help and we seek Your guidance, and we seek Your forgiveness and we repent to You". Imam Ahmad chose to place this before the saying , meaning to place "O Allah, we seek Your help and we seek Your guidance" before . It seems that Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) chose that because the first part contains praise of Allah: "O Allah, we seek Your help", so praise is placed before supplication. Yes.