Speaking about qunut in witr.
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The Shaykh : And upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
As for what follows:
We have listened to what our imams recited in this night in the tarawih prayer, and this night is the ninth night of the month of Ramadan in the year 1418. With the help of Allah, with the help of Allah, I want to speak about two verses on two different topics, and about a ruling we derived from the prayer of our second imam. So we begin with the ruling we derived from our second imam. Our second imam did not perform qunut in witr, meaning he did not supplicate after bowing by saying, "O Allah, guide us among those You have guided." What is the ruling on this action? Is witr valid without qunut?
Answer: Yes, witr is valid without qunut, because it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he performed qunut in his witr. However, he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) a supplication to recite in his qunut: to the end of it. And on this basis, leaving out the qunut in witr makes it clear to people that qunut in witr is not—what is it?—it is not obligatory, nor is it a condition for the validity of witr, and witr is valid without it.
As for what follows:
We have listened to what our imams recited in this night in the tarawih prayer, and this night is the ninth night of the month of Ramadan in the year 1418. With the help of Allah, with the help of Allah, I want to speak about two verses on two different topics, and about a ruling we derived from the prayer of our second imam. So we begin with the ruling we derived from our second imam. Our second imam did not perform qunut in witr, meaning he did not supplicate after bowing by saying, "O Allah, guide us among those You have guided." What is the ruling on this action? Is witr valid without qunut?
Answer: Yes, witr is valid without qunut, because it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he performed qunut in his witr. However, he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) a supplication to recite in his qunut:
