What is the ruling on what some imams in Riyadh do, choosing the night of the seventh or the twenty-fifth of Ramadan for a prolonged supplication before bowing?
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The questioner : Regarding the followers in the last ten days of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, in the last rak'ah of the witr on the Night of Decree, for example, they choose the night of the twenty-fifth or the night of the twenty-seventh and make a prolonged supplication before bowing?
The Shaykh : It is a religious innovation, a religious innovation.
The questioner : True is Allah the Mighty and True is His noble Messenger.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : And it is more than two hours, and we did not bow.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then when the imam bows, a person forgets whether he bowed or prostrated!
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : So you find some bowing, some prostrating, and some standing.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : So did anything of this come from him?
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : And this supplication, the shaykh now has it for several shaykhs; this is the supplication of Shaykh al-Hudhayfi, this is the supplication of Shaykh so-and-so, this is the supplication of Shaykh so-and-so, more than two hours, true is the Messenger of Allah, and we are the witnesses to his saying, and he recites it as he recites the Qur'an!
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Even some.
The Shaykh : It has become like this in the Sacred Mosque.
The questioner : And in the Sacred Mosque and in all the mosques, does this have a basis?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. First, it has no basis. Second, it contradicts the Sunnah, because the Sunnah in prayer is: the first rak'ah is longer than the second, and the second is longer than the third.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the opposite of the order of prayer, just for the sake of innovating in the religion.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The acts of worship have become desires that have gone astray.
The questioner : Is this not permissible?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Not before bowing and not after bowing?
The Shaykh : No, apart from bowing, before and after, this is a matter related to qunut in the witr. Qunut in the witr is undoubtedly a recommended practice, but not in every.
The questioner : Instance.
The Shaykh : Qunut in every rak'ah!
The questioner : Not in a regular manner, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, sometimes and sometimes.
The questioner : Sometimes and sometimes, yes.
The Shaykh : Then is it before bowing or after bowing? The Sunnah in the witr is before bowing. In the obligatory prayer, the qunut of distress is after bowing. But it is established from some of the Salaf, like 'Umar and Ibn Mas'ud: "The qunut in the witr is after bowing." Therefore, we permit both and prefer the first over the second.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
The Shaykh : Yes, but we do not permit adding to:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1745Sahih (Darussalam), because this is what the Messenger taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, the son of 'Ali, the seeker.
The questioner : Is it not permissible to add to it?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : It is a religious innovation, a religious innovation.
The questioner : True is Allah the Mighty and True is His noble Messenger.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : And it is more than two hours, and we did not bow.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then when the imam bows, a person forgets whether he bowed or prostrated!
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : So you find some bowing, some prostrating, and some standing.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : So did anything of this come from him?
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : And this supplication, the shaykh now has it for several shaykhs; this is the supplication of Shaykh al-Hudhayfi, this is the supplication of Shaykh so-and-so, this is the supplication of Shaykh so-and-so, more than two hours, true is the Messenger of Allah, and we are the witnesses to his saying, and he recites it as he recites the Qur'an!
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Even some.
The Shaykh : It has become like this in the Sacred Mosque.
The questioner : And in the Sacred Mosque and in all the mosques, does this have a basis?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. First, it has no basis. Second, it contradicts the Sunnah, because the Sunnah in prayer is: the first rak'ah is longer than the second, and the second is longer than the third.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the opposite of the order of prayer, just for the sake of innovating in the religion.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The acts of worship have become desires that have gone astray.
The questioner : Is this not permissible?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Not before bowing and not after bowing?
The Shaykh : No, apart from bowing, before and after, this is a matter related to qunut in the witr. Qunut in the witr is undoubtedly a recommended practice, but not in every.
The questioner : Instance.
The Shaykh : Qunut in every rak'ah!
The questioner : Not in a regular manner, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, sometimes and sometimes.
The questioner : Sometimes and sometimes, yes.
The Shaykh : Then is it before bowing or after bowing? The Sunnah in the witr is before bowing. In the obligatory prayer, the qunut of distress is after bowing. But it is established from some of the Salaf, like 'Umar and Ibn Mas'ud: "The qunut in the witr is after bowing." Therefore, we permit both and prefer the first over the second.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
The Shaykh : Yes, but we do not permit adding to:
Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayta wa 'afini fiman afayta
اللهم اهدني فيمَن هديت ، وعافني فيمَن عافيت ...The questioner : Is it not permissible to add to it?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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