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Bayhaqi 3125 — Evidence that qunut is after bowing

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ، أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ، أنبأ مَخْلَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَا: ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، ثنا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ الْقُنُوتُ، قُلْتُ: قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ؟ قَالَ: قَبْلَهُ، قُلْتُ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ: كَذَبَ إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ شَهْرًا، إِنَّهُ كَانَ بَعَثَ قَوْمًا يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الْقُرَّاءُ، زُهَاءُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا إِلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَتَلَهُمْ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ دُونَ أُولَئِكَ، وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَهْدٌ فَقَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ أَنَّ الْقُنُوتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَهْرًا حِينَ كَانَ يَدْعُو عَلَى الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا الْقُرَّاءَ، وَأَوْهَمَ أَنَّ الْقُنُوتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وَبَعْدَهُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَرَوَى عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ فِي قِصَّةِ الْقُرَّاءِ، قَالَ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَذَلِكَ بَدْءُ الْقُنُوتِ، وَمَا كُنَّا نَقْنُتُ، ثُمَّ رَوَى عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ أَنَسًا عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ أَبْعَدَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ عِنْدَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ عِنْدَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي غَيْرِ قِصَّةِ الْقُرَّاءِ أَنَّ قُنُوتَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ كَانَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ وَكَذَلِكَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ.
Asim al-Ahwal said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about the qunut, and he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite the qunut." I said: "Before the bowing or after it?" He said: "Before the bowing." I said: "So-and-so reports from you that you said: after the bowing." He said: "That man is mistaken. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the qunut for one month, and that was after the bowing. What happened was that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent seventy reciters (qurra') from among the Companions to a people of the polytheists (Banu Amir) (to teach them), but a people of the polytheists other than those killed them. There was a covenant between them and him (peace and blessings be upon him), but they broke the covenant, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept supplicating against them for one month."
(b) Likewise in this narration it is reported from Asim al-Ahwal that the qunut after the bowing was only for one month, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was supplicating against those who killed the reciters; and this gives the impression that the qunut before and after that was only before the bowing.
(c) Abd al-Aziz bin Suhayb narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about the story of the reciters that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against them for one month in the morning prayer.
And that was the beginning of the qunut; we did not recite the qunut before that.
(d) Then Abd al-Aziz narrated that a man asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about the qunut: is it after the bowing or upon finishing the recitation? He said: "No, rather it is upon finishing the recitation."
(e) And it has reached us from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), in a report other than the story of the reciters, that the qunut of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was after the bowing. The same is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3125
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ اخرجه البخاري 957»