Is it permissible to make du'a' in the witr prayer after rising from ruku', other than in the month of Ramadan?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to make du'a' in the witr prayer after rising from ruku', other than in the month of Ramadan?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes, it is permissible to make du'a' after ruku', and this is called qunut.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Even other than in the month of Ramadan. But is it one of the regular sunnahs that one should consistently maintain, or one of the occasional sunnahs that a person does from time to time?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : One who follows the actions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finds that he did not perform qunut himself, meaning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform qunut in the voluntary prayer, in the voluntary witr prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad even said that nothing is authentically narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding qunut in the witr, meaning that he performed it himself. However, the famous hadith in the Sunan is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) the qunut in the witrSunan an-Nasa'i 1745Sahih (Darussalam) This is well known.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The scholars differ on this, meaning on qunut in the witr: is it prescribed always, or only in Ramadan, or only in the latter half of it? What appears to me, as I have mentioned, is that a person should do it from time to time, so that he acts upon both the practical and verbal sunnahs.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes, it is permissible to make du'a' after ruku', and this is called qunut.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Even other than in the month of Ramadan. But is it one of the regular sunnahs that one should consistently maintain, or one of the occasional sunnahs that a person does from time to time?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : One who follows the actions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finds that he did not perform qunut himself, meaning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform qunut in the voluntary prayer, in the voluntary witr prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad even said that nothing is authentically narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding qunut in the witr, meaning that he performed it himself. However, the famous hadith in the Sunan is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) the qunut in the witr
Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayta
اللهم اهدني فيمن هديتThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The scholars differ on this, meaning on qunut in the witr: is it prescribed always, or only in Ramadan, or only in the latter half of it? What appears to me, as I have mentioned, is that a person should do it from time to time, so that he acts upon both the practical and verbal sunnahs.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.