❀ Authenticity of the Words “وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ” in Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt of Witr ❀
Extracted from: Fatāwā ad-Dīn al-Khāliṣ, Vol. 1, p. 147
Question: Are the words “وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ” established in Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt? Do they occur in the Sunnah’s version of Qunūt?
From your brothers: Muḥammad Yūnus and Muḥammad Zamān
❖ Answer:
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa as-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh. Ammā baʿd…
Yes, the words “وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ” are indeed mentioned in some narrations of Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt, with authentic chains of narration.
📚 Sources That Contain the Full Text of This Qunūt:
This form of Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt has been authentically reported in the following sources:
- Imām Ṭaḥāwī – Sharḥ Maʿānī al-Āthār (1/177)
- Ibn Abī Shaybah – al-Muṣannaf (2/314)
- al-Dāraquṭnī – Sunan (2/170)
📖 Text of the Qunūt (Selected Version)
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ…
“O Allah, we seek Your help, we ask Your forgiveness, we praise You for all goodness, we believe in You, and we place our trust in You…”
These words are part of a known version of Qunūt narrated from several Companions.
➕ Additional Variations in Different Narrations:
- Some versions include: “لا نكفُرُكَ“
- Others begin with: “بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ“
- A version in Ibn Abī Shaybah contains:
“نُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ“ - In Ṭaḥāwī’s narration, “نَشْكُرُكَ“ is mentioned.
- Al-Bayhaqī (2/210) records: “نَخْضَعُ لَكَ“
- A variant includes a supplication against the disbelievers from the People of the Book.
🕋 Is This Specific Qunūt for Witr?
- Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله stated in al-Irwāʾ (2/172):
“All these narrations pertain to Qunūt al-Fajr. I did not find them specifically linked to Qunūt al-Witr.”
- However, the stronger scholarly view is that these supplications are permissible in Qunūt al-Witr, because:
✔ Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt is general in nature.
✔ There is flexibility in wording during supplication.
✔ These phrases do not contradict the Sunnah and are complementary.
📌 Are These Words Found in Khutbat al-Ḥājah?
❌ No, these words are not found in the authentic versions of Khutbat al-Ḥājah.
- The six Companions who narrated the Khutbah in authentic isnāds do not include these words.
- The phrase is only found in a mursal (incomplete) report from a tābiʿī, which is considered ḍaʿīf (weak).
- Shaykh al-Albānī confirmed in his research that these words are not part of the original Khutbah.
✿ Conclusion
✔ The words “وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ” are authentically reported in some versions of Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt.
✔ Since general supplications are allowed in Qunūt al-Witr, it is permissible to recite these words therein.
❌ These words are not authentically established in Khutbat al-Ḥājah and should not be included in it.
والله أعلم بالصواب، وبالله التوفيق
