What is the criterion for qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers?
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The questioner : What is the criterion for qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the criterion for qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the criterion?
The questioner : I mean that some imams nowadays make supplications in their prayers; they perform qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers during calamities and what befalls the community.
The Shaykh : This issue is entrusted to the imam, meaning the head of state. In our country, to whom does it revert? To the King. If he orders qunut, we perform it; if he does not order it, we do not perform it. However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that qunut during calamities is only for the imam, meaning only the King. This is because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed qunut for calamities, the other mosques did not perform qunut. Who is responsible for the Muslim community in general? The King. So if he does not order qunut, we do not perform it. But we make supplications for our brothers in prostration after the tashahhud, between the adhan and the iqamah, and at the end of the night. As for us taking it upon ourselves to perform qunut, that is a mistake, because this is entrusted to the one in authority. For this reason, the jurists have a phrase that says: "And one does not perform qunut in the obligatory prayers unless a calamity befalls the Muslims, in which case the Grand Imam performs qunut in the obligatory prayers" in all five prayers. But the phrase "the Grand Imam" means the leader of the state. Did you understand? What we see is that no one should perform qunut except by his order. And praise be to Allah, is supplication not answered except in qunut? It is answered at all times.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the criterion for qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by the criterion?
The questioner : I mean that some imams nowadays make supplications in their prayers; they perform qunut in the Fajr prayer and in the other prayers during calamities and what befalls the community.
The Shaykh : This issue is entrusted to the imam, meaning the head of state. In our country, to whom does it revert? To the King. If he orders qunut, we perform it; if he does not order it, we do not perform it. However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say that qunut during calamities is only for the imam, meaning only the King. This is because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed qunut for calamities, the other mosques did not perform qunut. Who is responsible for the Muslim community in general? The King. So if he does not order qunut, we do not perform it. But we make supplications for our brothers in prostration after the tashahhud, between the adhan and the iqamah, and at the end of the night. As for us taking it upon ourselves to perform qunut, that is a mistake, because this is entrusted to the one in authority. For this reason, the jurists have a phrase that says: "And one does not perform qunut in the obligatory prayers unless a calamity befalls the Muslims, in which case the Grand Imam performs qunut in the obligatory prayers" in all five prayers. But the phrase "the Grand Imam" means the leader of the state. Did you understand? What we see is that no one should perform qunut except by his order. And praise be to Allah, is supplication not answered except in qunut? It is answered at all times.