Ruling on Qunoot in Witr: Raising Hands and Place of Supplication

Qunoot in Witr: Ruling on Raising Hands and the Place of Supplication


Reference: Ahkam wa Masail, Namaz ka Bayan, Vol. 1, p. 222

❖ Questions​

➊ Is there evidence from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding supplication (Qunoot) in Witr?
➋ Is there evidence that the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands during Qunoot in Witr?
➌ Should the supplication of Qunoot in Witr be made before Rukuʿ or after Rukuʿ?

❖ Answer​

Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, Ammā Baʿd!

➊ Evidence of Supplication in Witr​

Yes, there is evidence that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made Qunoot (supplication) in Witr. This is established in the following Hadith compilations:


✿ Sunan Abī Dāwūd
✿ Sunan al-Nasāʾī
✿ Sunan Ibn Mājah


All these books contain narrations affirming Qunoot in Witr.

➋ Raising the Hands in Qunoot​

There is no evidence that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands during Qunoot in Witr. No authentic Hadith exists mentioning the raising of hands in this context.

➌ Place of Qunoot in Witr​

Qunoot in Witr may be recited either before Rukuʿ or after Rukuʿ.


✿ Reciting Qunoot before Rukuʿ is mentioned in Sunan al-Nasāʾī and Sunan Ibn Mājah.
✿ Reciting Qunoot after Rukuʿ is established in al-Mustadrak al-Ḥākim.


Thus, both methods are correct and established.


ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب