If the imam omits the qunut in the Fajr prayer, a great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) will occur in the mosque. Is it permissible for him to perform the qunut twice a week in order to avoid this fitnah?

The questioner : I say that regarding Fajr, we do not make it a habit to maintain that state with the qunut. However, you cannot come to a man who is sixty years old, or fifty, who has been praying for that long, and who is of the Shafi'i school and accustomed to performing the qunut twice a week, and tell him to stop just to avoid causing a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If we remain silent about it, Shaykh...

The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, may Allah reward you.

The questioner : It is a very great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), I mean.

The Shaykh : But I will point you to something.

The questioner: Go ahead.

The Shaykh : You can make your qunut appropriate to the condition of the Muslims today in many countries.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So you make your qunut a qunut of calamity.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : This is a way out.

The questioner : May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : And in you, if Allah wills, and the other way out.

The questioner : After bowing.

The Shaykh : It is after the bowing, yes.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And the other way out is that you also check the remaining prayers with something like this qunut.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And there is no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in that.

The questioner : Other than the witr, for example.

The Shaykh : We are talking about...

The questioner : ...the obligatory prayers, yes.

The Shaykh : We are talking about the five prayers, may Allah reward you.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Is that clear?

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.