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The Qunut used to be recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr prayers.
Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet recite Qunut in the Fajr prayer?" Anas replied in
the affirmative. He was further asked, "Did he recite Qunut before bowing?" Anas
replied, "He recited Qunut after bowing for some time (for one month)."
I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, "Definitely it was (recited)". I
asked, "Before bowing or after it?" Anas replied, "Before bowing." I added, "So and
so has told me that you had informed him that it had been after bowing." Anas said,
"He told an untruth (i.e. "was mistaken," according to the Hijazi dialect). Allah's
Apostle recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one month." Anas added, "The
Prophet sent about seventy men (who knew the Quran by heart) towards the pagans
(of Najd) who were less than they in number and there was a peace treaty between
them and Allah's Apostles (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy
men). So Allah's Apostle recited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to
punish them."
The Prophet recited Qunut for one month (in the Fajr prayer) asking Allah to punish
the tribes of Ral and Dhakwan.
Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted his head from the bowing in the last Raka he
used to say: "O Allah! Save 'Aiyash bin Abi Rabi'a. O Allah! Save Salama bin
Hisham. O Allah! Save Walid bin Walid. O Allah! Save the weak faithful believers. O
Allah! Be hard on the tribes of Mudar and send (famine) years on them like the
famine years of (Prophet) Joseph ." The Prophet further said, "Allah forgive the tribes
of Ghifar and save the tribes of Aslam." Abu Az-Zinad (a sub-narrator) said, "The
Qunut used to be recited by the Prophet in the Fajr prayer."
When the reciters of Quran were martyred, Allah's Apostle recited Qunut for one
month and I never saw him (i.e. Allah's Apostle) so sad as he was on that day.
The Prophet used to recite the following invocations during Qunut: "O Allah! Save
Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid. O Allah! Save 'Aiyash bin
Rabi'a O Allah ! Save the weak Muslims. O Allah! Be very hard on Mudar tribe. O
Allah! Afflict them with years (of famine) similar to the (famine) years of the time of
Prophet Joseph."
I asked Anas about the Qunut (i.e. invocation in the prayer). Anas said, "It should be
recited before bowing." I said, "So-and-so claims that you say that it should be
recited after bowing." He replied, "He is mistaken." Then Anas narrated to us that the
Prophet invoked evil on the tribe of Bani-Sulaim for one month after bowing. ' Anas
Further said, "The Prophet had sent 40 or 70 Qaris (i.e. men well versed in the
knowledge of the Qur'an) to some pagans, but the latter struggled with them and
martyred them, although there was a peace pact between them and the Prophet I
had never seen the Prophet so sorry and worried about anybody as he was about
them (i.e. the Qaris)."
Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 414:
Narrated 'Abdul Aziz:
Anas said, "The Prophet sent seventy men, called Al-Qurra 'for some purpose. The
two groups of Bani Sulaim called Ri'l and Dhakwan, appeared to them near a well
called Bir Ma'una. The people (i.e. Al-Qurra) said, 'By Allah, we have not come to
harm you, but we are passing by you on our way to do something for the Prophet.'
But (the infidels) killed them. The Prophet therefore invoked evil upon them for a
month during the morning prayer. That was the beginning of Al Qunut and we used
not to say Qunut before that." A man asked Anas about Al-Qunut, "Is it to be said
after the Bowing (in the prayer) or after finishing the Recitation (i.e. before Bowing)?"
Anas replied, "No, but (it is to be said) after finishing the Recitation."
(The tribes of) Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usaiya and Bani Lihyan asked Allah's Apostle to
provide them with some men to support them against their enemy. He therefore
provided them with seventy men from the Ansar whom we used to call Al-Qurra' in
their lifetime. They used to collect wood by daytime and pray at night. When they
were at the well of Ma'una, the infidels killed them by betraying them. When this
news reached the Prophet , he said Al-Qunut for one month In the morning prayer,
invoking evil upon some of the 'Arab tribes, upon Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usaiya and Bani
Libyan. We used to read a verse of the Qur'an revealed in their connection, but later
the verse was cancelled. It was: "convey to our people on our behalf the information
that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us, and has made us pleased."
(Anas bin Malik added:) Allah's Prophet said Qunut for one month in the morning
prayer, invoking evil upon some of the 'Arab tribes (namely), Ril, Dhakwan, Usaiya,
and Bani Libyan. (Anas added:) Those seventy Ansari men were killed at the well of
Mauna.
The Prophet sent a Sariya (an army detachment) consisting of men called Al-Qurra',
and all of them were martyred. I had never seen the Prophet so sad over anything as
he was over them. So he said Qunut (invocation in the prayer) for one month in the
Fajr prayer, invoking for Allah's wrath upon the tribe of 'Usaiya, and he used to say,
"The people of 'Usaiya have disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) recited the supplication (Qunut) daily for
a month at the noon, afternoon, sunset, night and morning prayers. When he said:
"Allah listens to him who praises Him" in the last rak'ah, invoking a curse on some
clans of Banu Sulaym, Ri'l, Dhakwan and Usayyah, and those who were standing
behind him said: Amen.
MALIK MUWATTA
Muwatta Book 9, Number 9.16.51:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar did not say qunut in
any of the prayers.