The honorable Shaykh, this is a questioner for the program who sent a message asking: What is your opinion, may Allah preserve you, regarding the qunut in the Fajr prayer? Is it valid or a religious innovation?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, honorable Shaykh. This is a questioner for the program who sent a message asking: What is your opinion, may Allah preserve you, regarding the qunut in the Fajr prayer? Is it valid or a religious innovation? It is stated in Sahih al-Bukhari from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: . Please inform us about this?
The Shaykh : First, this hadith that he attributed to al-Bukhari is not in al-Bukhari. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) only recited the qunut for one month and then left it. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not recite the qunut except for a reason, due to a calamity that befell the Muslims. So he would recite the qunut in the Fajr prayer and in other prayers, and he recited it most often in this calamity in the Fajr and Maghrib prayers, and then he left the qunut.
So the correct view is that the qunut in the Fajr prayer is not a recommended practice (sunnah). However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them), who are independent legal reasoners (mujtahids), held the view that the qunut in the Fajr prayer is recommended, acting on their independent legal reasoning. But looking at the reality of the ruling, they are not correct. However, if a person prays behind an imam who recites the qunut, he should not separate from him, but rather follow him and say "Ameen" to his supplication. That is what the Imam of the people of the Sunnah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), said, despite his eagerness to adhere to the Sunnah and act upon it. He said: "If one follows an imam who recites the qunut in the Fajr prayer, let him follow him and say 'Ameen' to his supplication". Because disagreement is evil.
This is the ruling on the issue. We ask Allah to make us among those who see the truth as truth and follow it, and see the falsehood as falsehood and avoid it.
May Allah thank you, honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge and benefit the Muslims with you. O brothers and sisters, he has answered.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to recite the qunut in the Fajr prayer until he departed from this world
لا زال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقنت في الفجر حتى فارق الدنياThe Shaykh : First, this hadith that he attributed to al-Bukhari is not in al-Bukhari. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) only recited the qunut for one month and then left it. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not recite the qunut except for a reason, due to a calamity that befell the Muslims. So he would recite the qunut in the Fajr prayer and in other prayers, and he recited it most often in this calamity in the Fajr and Maghrib prayers, and then he left the qunut.
So the correct view is that the qunut in the Fajr prayer is not a recommended practice (sunnah). However, some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them), who are independent legal reasoners (mujtahids),
And the independent legal reasoner (mujtahid), if he is correct, has two rewards, and if he is wrong, he has one reward
والمجتهد إن أصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجرThis is the ruling on the issue. We ask Allah to make us among those who see the truth as truth and follow it, and see the falsehood as falsehood and avoid it.
May Allah thank you, honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge and benefit the Muslims with you. O brothers and sisters, he has answered.