Sharʿi Status of the Phrase “Nastaghfiruka wa Natūbu Ilayk” in Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt
Taken from: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil – Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Vol. 1, p. 225
Question
Are the following words in Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt proven from any authentic hadith?
«نَسْتَغْفِرُکَ وَنَتُوْبُ اِلَيْکَ ، وَصَلَّی اﷲُ عَلَی النَّبِیّ»
✔ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, wa-ṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd:
The detailed ruling regarding these phrases is as follows:
Evidence & References
- Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim narrated this supplication with the addition:
“نَسْتَغْفِرُکَ وَنَتُوْبُ اِلَيْکَ”. - Imām ʿAlī al-Qārī (رحمه الله) mentioned in Sharḥ al-Ḥiṣn that in the narration of Ibn Ḥibbān also, this addition is present.
- This addition is also found in al-Aṣīl.
- From the context of al-Ḥiṣn, it appears that this addition comes before the phrase:
“وَصَلَّی اﷲُ عَلَی النَّبِیّ”.
[Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ, 2/212]
Later research revealed:
- Authentic Athār from some of the Ṣaḥābah (رضي الله عنهم) prove that they sent ṣalāt (durūd) upon the Prophet ﷺ at the end of Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt.
- On this basis, the practice of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet ﷺ in Qunūt has been accepted as mashrūʿ (legitimate).
[Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl, 2/177]
Summary of Findings
① The phrase “وَصَلَّی اﷲُ عَلَی النَّبِیّ” is proven from the practice of the Ṣaḥābah (رضي الله عنهم).
② The phrase “نَسْتَغْفِرُکَ وَنَتُوْبُ اِلَيْکَ” is not proven from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
③ This addition is attributed to later scholars, not directly from the Prophet ﷺ.
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
