What is the ruling on adding to the well-known supplication of the witr prayer: “O Allah, guide us among those You have guided…”?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Now, let us move on, if Allah wills, to another detail.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The issue of adding to it.
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : And where? Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Adding to the qunut in the witr prayer, specifically the well-known one:Sahih Ibn Hibban 7:117 and so on.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to add to it or not? And if it is permissible, to what extent?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Adding to it, may Allah bless you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is in the category of general dhikr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner : Then it is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is in the category of what relates to the qunut for a calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then one makes the qunut in a manner appropriate to the calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it must not be an addition that is not prescribed.
The questioner : Yes, in the witr, one restricts oneself to this?
The Shaykh : I say.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In the witr, my statement is…
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is like your question; it is still regarding the qunut of the witr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The addition has two cases.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the addition to the supplication reported in the qunut of the witr is in the category of adding to pure worship, then adding is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is in the category of the qunut related to a calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then adding is permissible under the name of the qunut for a calamity.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the qunut of the witr?
The Shaykh : The discussion is about the qunut of the witr.
The questioner : That is it. Now, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The issue of adding to it.
The Shaykh : ... .
The student : And where? Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Adding to the qunut in the witr prayer, specifically the well-known one:
O Allah, guide us among those You have guided
اللهم اهدنا فيمن هديتThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible to add to it or not? And if it is permissible, to what extent?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Adding to it, may Allah bless you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is in the category of general dhikr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner : Then it is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Then it is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is in the category of what relates to the qunut for a calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then one makes the qunut in a manner appropriate to the calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it must not be an addition that is not prescribed.
The questioner : Yes, in the witr, one restricts oneself to this?
The Shaykh : I say.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In the witr, my statement is…
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is like your question; it is still regarding the qunut of the witr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The addition has two cases.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the addition to the supplication reported in the qunut of the witr is in the category of adding to pure worship, then adding is not permissible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But if it is in the category of the qunut related to a calamity.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then adding is permissible under the name of the qunut for a calamity.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the qunut of the witr?
The Shaykh : The discussion is about the qunut of the witr.
The questioner : That is it. Now, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you.
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