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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ حُجَّةِ الْقَائِلِينَ بِعَدَمِ الْقُنُوتِ فِي الصُّبْحِ إِلَّا عِنْدَ النَّوَازِلِChapter on the Evidence of Those Who Say Qunoot in Fajr Is Only for Calamities
Hadith 1774
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ: كَانَ أَبِي قَدْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ؟ قَالَ: لَا، أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ
(Second chain) They said: My father had performed prayer behind the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at the age of sixteen, then he also performed prayer behind Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them. I asked him: Did they perform Qunoot? He said: No, my dear son, this is a new thing.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The proof of Qunoot Nazilah is found in several blessed ahadith, and some of them have already been mentioned before this chapter. Then what is meant by the Companion (radi Allahu anhu) describing this act as an innovation (bid‘ah) or a new practice in this narration? There are two answers that are most appropriate:
(1) The Companion’s intention is to reject its perpetuity and constancy, because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would also perform Qunoot Nazilah occasionally, in accordance with incidents and events.
(2) It is possible that this Companion did not perform those prayers, in which the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made this supplication, in his (the Prophet’s) leadership, and therefore, according to his own knowledge, considered it an innovation (bid‘ah). And Allah knows best what is correct.
Otherwise, due to the statement of this Companion, we should not have the audacity to reject Qunoot Nazilah absolutely, because we have come to know of many such ahadith according to which the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) observed this Qunoot with diligence.
(1) The Companion’s intention is to reject its perpetuity and constancy, because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would also perform Qunoot Nazilah occasionally, in accordance with incidents and events.
(2) It is possible that this Companion did not perform those prayers, in which the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made this supplication, in his (the Prophet’s) leadership, and therefore, according to his own knowledge, considered it an innovation (bid‘ah). And Allah knows best what is correct.
Otherwise, due to the statement of this Companion, we should not have the audacity to reject Qunoot Nazilah absolutely, because we have come to know of many such ahadith according to which the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) observed this Qunoot with diligence.
