The supplication in the qunut of Fajr

Ubayd bin Umayr said: "I prayed the morning prayer behind Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he recited this supplication in the Qunut of Fajr: 'O Allah, we seek help from You and we seek forgiveness from You. We praise You most excellently and we are not ungrateful to You. We separate from and forsake whoever disobeys You. O Allah, You alone we worship, to You alone we pray and prostrate, and towards You alone we hasten and present ourselves in Your service. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment. Surely Your punishment is to reach the disbelievers.'"

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abza (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he prayed the Fajr prayer behind Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he did as before.

Hushaym said that Husayn said: "One day I led the morning prayer, and Uthman bin Ziyad prayed behind me. I recited the Qunut in the morning prayer. When my prayer was complete, Uthman bin Ziyad said to me: 'What supplication did you recite in the Qunut?' I said: 'I mentioned these words: O Allah, we seek help from You and we seek forgiveness from You. We praise You most excellently and we are not ungrateful to You. We separate from and forsake whoever disobeys You. O Allah, You alone we worship, to You alone we pray and prostrate, and towards You alone we hasten and present ourselves in Your service. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your severe punishment. Surely Your punishment is to reach the disbelievers.'"

He (Husayn) said: "Uthman (bin Ziyad) said to me: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab and Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with them both) both used to do likewise."

Abd al-Rahman bin Suwayd al-Kahili said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite these two surahs as qunut in the Fajr prayer: "O Allah, we seek help from You and we seek forgiveness from You, we praise You in the best manner and we are not ungrateful to You, and we separate from and abandon whoever disobeys You. O Allah, You alone we worship, to You alone we pray and prostrate, towards You alone we hasten, and in Your service alone we present ourselves. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment. Indeed, Your punishment is going to reach the disbelievers."

Maymun bin Mihran reported concerning the recitation of Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) as follows: "O Allah, we seek help from You and we seek forgiveness from You, we praise You in the best manner and we are not ungrateful to You, and we separate from and abandon whoever disobeys You. O Allah, You alone we worship, for You alone we pray and prostrate, towards You alone we hasten and in Your service we present ourselves. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment. Indeed, Your punishment is going to reach the disbelievers."

Ubayd bin Umayr said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) reciting the qunut in the Fajr prayer thus: "O Allah, we seek help from You, we believe in You, and we rely on You alone. We praise You in the best manner and we are not ungrateful to You. O Allah, You alone we worship, for You alone we pray and prostrate, towards You alone we hasten and in Your service we present ourselves. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment. Indeed, Your punishment is going to reach the disbelievers. O Allah, punish the disbelievers among the People of the Book who bar others from Your path."