Those who said qunut is in the second half of Ramadan

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to recite the qunut supplication only after the middle of Ramadan.

The same is reported through another chain.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite the qunut supplication after the middle of Ramadan.

Al-Hasan says that Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) led the people in prayer during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He did not recite the qunut supplication in the prayer until the middle of Ramadan; when the middle of Ramadan had passed, he recited the qunut supplication after bowing (ruku'). When the last ten days began, he went away and withdrew from the people. Then, during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Mu'adh al-Qari (may Allah be pleased with him) led them in prayer during the last ten days.

Ibn Jurayj says: I asked Ata about qunut in Ramadan, and he said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was the first to recite qunut. I said: Throughout the entire latter half? He said: Yes.

Abbad bin Rashid says that al-Hasan used to recite the qunut supplication after the middle of Ramadan.

Al-Muhallab bin Abi Habibah says: I asked Sa'id bin Abi al-Hasan about qunut, and he said: The qunut supplication is to be recited after the middle of Ramadan, and this is what we were taught.

Al-A'mash says that Yahya used to recite the qunut supplication in witr after the middle of Ramadan.

Ibrahim used to say that qunut in witr is to be recited throughout the whole year.

He said: Ibn Sirin held that qunut is recited only after the middle of Ramadan.

Al-Hasan says that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) to lead the people in the tarawih prayer in Ramadan, he told him to also lead the people in the qunut supplication after the middle of Ramadan, from the sixteenth night of Ramadan.

He said: Al-Hasan used to say: If he is the imam, he recites the qunut supplication after the middle of Ramadan; if he is not the imam, he recites the qunut supplication the whole month.

Ibrahim says that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) did not recite the qunut supplication in Fajr at any time in the year, and he recited the qunut supplication in witr throughout the year before bowing (ruku').

Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) said: This is the view we hold.