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Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.19
Al-Qunut in salatul fajr
It is not correct to make qunut in the dawn prayer except during times of calamity, in which case it may be made in any of the
five daily prayers. Abu Malik al-Ashja'i said: "My father prayed behind the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam when he was
sixteen years old, and he prayed behind Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman. I asked him, 'Did they make the qunut'?' He said,
'No, son, it is something that has been innovated."' This is related by Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and at-Tirmidhi who calls
it sahih. Anas said that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam would not make the qunut in fajr unless he was supplicating for
a people or supplicating against a people. This is related by Ibn Hibban, al-Khatib, and Ibn Khuzaimah who said it is sahih.
It is also related that az-Zubair, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman did not make the qunut in the dawn prayer. This is the opinion
of the Hanafiyyah, the Hanbaliyyah, Ibn al-Mubarak, al-Thauri, and Ishaq. The followers of Shaf'i are of the opinion that the
qunut is to be made after the ruku' of the second rak'ah in the obligatory dawn prayer. This opinion is based on the following
two reports. Ibn Sireen narrates that Anas ibn Malik was asked: "Did the Prophet make the qunut in the dawn prayer?" He
answered: "Yes." They asked him: "Before the ruku' or after it?" He replied: "After it." This is related by the group save at-
Tirmidhi.
There is a report from Anas which says: "The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alehi wasallam did not stop making qunut during
the dawn prayer until he left this world." This is related by Ahmad, al-Bazzar, adDaraqutni, al-Baihaqi, and al-Hakim who says
it is sahih.
However, there remains some doubt concerning this evidence since the qunut which they asked Anas about, as is clear in
the narrations of al Bukhari and Muslim, was the qunut during the time of calamities. Concerning the latter hadith (the one
mentioned in support of their stand), in its chain of narrators there is Abu Ja'far ar-Razi who is not a credible source and,
thus, one cannot build a case upon his hadith. How could it be that the Messenger of Allah never stopped performing this
qunut until his death, and yet, the rightly guided caliphs did not perform it? It is even confirmed that Anas himself did not
make the qunut in the dawn prayer! If we must accept this latter hadith as authentic, it would mean that the Prophet always
made supplications and remembrance ( dhikr), after the ruku', until his death. This would also come under qunut and, in this
sense, it would be more befitting. Still, this is one of the matters in which it is acceptable to have differences of opinion, and
one may either do it or leave it. The best guidance is that of Muhammad sallallahu alehi wasllam.
Hadith Qudsi
Hadith Qudsi 35
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night,
and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him?
Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him? And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 6.241 Narrated by
Ibn Al Musaiyab
Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet said, 'A prayer performed in congregation is twenty-five times more superior in reward to a
prayer performed by a single person. The angels of the night and the angels of the day are assembled at the time of the Fajr
(Morning) prayer." Abu Huraira added, "If you wish, you can recite: 'Verily! The recitation of the Qur'an in the early dawn
(Morning prayer) is ever witnessed (attended by the angels of the day and the night).' " (17.78)
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 1270 Narrated by
Ali ibn AbuTalib
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would offer two rak'ahs after every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the
afternoon prayer.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 1253 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not omit them (the two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer) even if you are driven
away by the horses.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 1113 Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Umar
I observed the Prophet (peace be upon him) for a month reciting chapters 109 and 112 in the two rak'ahs before the dawn
Prayer.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 1.461 Narrated by
Nafi
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