The Qunut Supplication

Question

In which book is the witr qunut supplication “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka…” (اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ) transmitted with an authentic chain? In “Hisn Hasin” the words “nu’minu bika”, “wa natawakkalu ‘alayka” and “wa nashkuruka” are not transmitted. In which hadith are these words transmitted?

Answer

These well-known words of the qunut supplication are not so fixed that the prayer becomes fasid if they are omitted or changed, as is explicitly mentioned in the books of fiqh — al-Zayla‘i, al-Shami, al-Tahtawi and others. The supplication “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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