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Performing the Qunoot supplication during the Friday prayer

Question

Assalamualaikum I have one question and I hope you can give me an answer soonest. In our country, it seems that lately they are supplicating doa qunot every Friday during the congregation Friday prayer. Is this bid'ah?

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

To perform the Qunoot supplication specifically during the Friday prayer is a religious innovation, as it was not reported that the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) or his companions  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  them specifically performed the Qunoot supplication during the Friday prayer.

Some scholars, among the Taabi'is (the generation which followed that of the companions) and the generation which followed them, stated that the Qunoot supplication during the Friday prayer is a religious innovation unless the Imaam was supplicating in his prayers due to a calamity which befell the Muslims and Friday prayer was among those prayers; as indicated by Imaam Ash-Shaafi'i  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him.

For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 86204 and 85812.

Allaah Knows best.

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