Raising Hands in Qunūt of Witr?
Source: Monthly al-Ḥadīth, Hazro
Statement of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal رحمه الله
Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
I asked Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUlayyah:
“Have you seen any of your companions raise their hands in the Qunūt of Witr?”
He replied: “No.”
I further asked: “Not even Yūnus ibn ʿUbayd ibn Dīnār al-ʿAbdī and Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī (may Allah have mercy on them)?”
He answered: “No.”
Reference:
al-ʿIlal wa Maʿrifat al-Rijāl, narrated by Imām ʿAbdullāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, 2/382
