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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 Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one
month.” Anas added, “The Prophet (ﷺ) sent about seventy men (who knew the Qur’an 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 Messenger (ﷺ) (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
recited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) recited Qunut for one month (in the Fajr prayer) asking Allah to punish the tribes of Ral
and Dhakwan.

The Qunut used to be recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr prayers.

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) went out to offer the Istisqa’ prayer and turned (and put on) his cloak inside out.

Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted his head from the bowing in the last rak`a 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 (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) in the Fajr prayer.”

We were with `Abdullah and he said, “When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam
he said, “O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine
during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph.” So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every kind
of life to such an extent that the people started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals.
Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of
hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “O Muhammad! You order people to obey Allah
and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please
pray to Allah for them.” So Allah revealed: “Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth
a kind Of smoke Plainly visible … Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We shall
seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Mas`ud added, “Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the
battle of Badr and no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all
passed .

Once I passed the night in the house of Maimuna (his aunt). I slept across the bed while Allah’s
Apostle and his wife slept length-wise. The Prophet (ﷺ) slept till midnight or nearly so and woke up
rubbing his face and recited ten verses from Surat “Al-`Imran.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went towards a leather
skin and performed ablution in the most perfect way and then stood for the prayer. I did the same and
stood beside him. The Prophet (ﷺ) put his right hand on my head, twisted my ear and then prayed two
rak`at five times and then ended his prayer with witr. He laid down till the Mu’adh-dhin came then he
stood up and offered two rak`at (Sunnah of Fajr prayer) and then went out and offered the Fajr prayer.
(SeeHadith 183)

Ibn `Abbas was asked whether he had joined the Prophet (ﷺ) in the `Id prayer. He said, “Yes. And I could
not have joined him had I not been young. (The Prophet (ﷺ) came out) till he reached the mark which was
near the house of Kathir bin As-Salt, offered the prayer, delivered the Khutba and then went towards
the women. Bilal was accompanying him. He preached to them and advised them and ordered them to
give alms. I saw the women putting their ornaments with their outstretched hands into Bilal’s garment.
Then the Prophet (ﷺ) along with Bilal returned home.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Night prayer is offered as two rak`at followed by two rak`at and so on, and if you
want to finish it, pray only one rak`a which will be witr for all the previous rak`at.” Al-Qasim said,
“Since we attained the age of puberty we have seen some people offering a three-rak`at prayer as witr
and all that is permissible. I hope there will be no harm in it.”

`Ata’ told me that he had heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, “The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up to offer the prayer of the `Id ul Fitr. He first offered the prayer and then delivered the Khutba. After finishing it he got down (from the pulpit) and went towards the women and advised them while he was leaning on Bilal’s hand. Bilal was spreading out his garment where the women were putting their alms.” I asked `Ata’ whether it was the Zakat of `Id ul Fitr. He said, “No, it was just alms given at that time. Some lady put her finger ring and the others would do the same.” I said, (to `Ata’), “Do you think that it is incumbent upon the Imam to give advice to the women (on `Id day)?” He said, “No doubt, it is incumbent upon the Imams to do so and why should they not do so?”