Mentioning some of the rulings regarding qunut.
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The Shaykh : As for what follows, some people asked me about qunut in times of calamity. We have explained its ruling and the scholars' opinions on it in the Friday sermon. However, they asked whether a person should recite it aloud in the prayers where the recitation is loud, or in the prayers where it is silent, meaning in the Dhuhr and Asr prayers. This was also clarified in the sermon, but some people hear and some do not.
And they asked whether it should be in the last rak'ah, or in the rak'ah before the last, or in all the rak'ahs?
The answer is that it is in the last rak'ah, after the bowing. The imam raises his hands, and the people also raise their hands.
As for wiping the face with the hands, it is not a recommended practice, because the hadiths reported regarding that are weak. This is what concerns qunut.
And I urge you, my brothers, to always make du'a' and turn to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), asking that Allah destroy the enemies of the Muslims, whoever they are. Be diligent in this du'a' in prostration, after the tashahhud, in the last part of the night, between the adhan and the iqamah, and in every state. This is because the Muslims are targeted by every person: by a disbeliever who openly declares his disbelief, by a hypocrite who pretends to be a Muslim but is not, and by an open sinner and criminal who pretends to be just and that he does not transgress against anyone.
The important thing is that the enemies of Islam are many. Therefore, it is obligatory for us in such crises and these harassments to turn to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with du'a'. Du'a' is the weapon of the believers, and nothing is more beneficial than du'a'. The material, tangible means have been taken from us; we have no control over them. But it is upon us to make du'a' that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will support the truth through us, support us with the truth, firm the feet of our soldiers in the battle, and help them in that. We ask Allah the Exalted to hasten the punishment for those who intend evil and harm to the Muslims. The enemies of the Muslims who desire evil and harm are many. We ask Allah to turn their plots back upon their own throats and not to guide their plots, for Allah does not guide the plot of the treacherous.
And they asked whether it should be in the last rak'ah, or in the rak'ah before the last, or in all the rak'ahs?
The answer is that it is in the last rak'ah, after the bowing. The imam raises his hands, and the people also raise their hands.
As for wiping the face with the hands, it is not a recommended practice, because the hadiths reported regarding that are weak. This is what concerns qunut.
And I urge you, my brothers, to always make du'a' and turn to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), asking that Allah destroy the enemies of the Muslims, whoever they are. Be diligent in this du'a' in prostration, after the tashahhud, in the last part of the night, between the adhan and the iqamah, and in every state. This is because the Muslims are targeted by every person: by a disbeliever who openly declares his disbelief, by a hypocrite who pretends to be a Muslim but is not, and by an open sinner and criminal who pretends to be just and that he does not transgress against anyone.
The important thing is that the enemies of Islam are many. Therefore, it is obligatory for us in such crises and these harassments to turn to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with du'a'. Du'a' is the weapon of the believers, and nothing is more beneficial than du'a'. The material, tangible means have been taken from us; we have no control over them. But it is upon us to make du'a' that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will support the truth through us, support us with the truth, firm the feet of our soldiers in the battle, and help them in that. We ask Allah the Exalted to hasten the punishment for those who intend evil and harm to the Muslims. The enemies of the Muslims who desire evil and harm are many. We ask Allah to turn their plots back upon their own throats and not to guide their plots, for Allah does not guide the plot of the treacherous.