Supplication for Rain in the Qunut of Ramadan

Question:
May Allah reward you, O honorable scholar. A questioner asks: Is it prescribed to supplicate for rain in the qunut during Ramadan, and what is the ruling on it?

Answer:
This is not known; this is not known. I do not know of any evidence for it from the Sunnah. However, supplication in the Friday sermon is reported. So, there is no harm in supplicating for rain; in fact, it is required. One may supplicate while sitting or while walking. If the people are present and they say "Ameen" to his supplication, there is no harm. Or he may supplicate in the Friday sermon, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, or he may supplicate in the sermon for rain. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did all of this, as Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned in *Zad al-Ma'ad*. He (peace and blessings be upon him) sought rain with a mere supplication, without a prayer... He supplicated while the people were standing and saying "Ameen," and he supplicated in the Friday sermon, as is authentically reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he supplicated in the sermon for rain after the prayer for rain. This is what is reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him). As for supplication in the qunut, I do not know of any report regarding it, and it is not befitting for a person to introduce matters that have not been preceded by [the Prophet]. This leads to religious innovations.