What is the Global Qunoot Month?

The Global Qunoot Month is about reviving the most important and not to mention a forgotten sunnah of our beloved Prophet (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) during times of calamity. It was a well-known practice even amongst the later companions (may Allaah be pleased with them all) and scholars of later generation. What can be a better time than the present to turn to Allaah for help, when our fathers, our brothers, our husbands and our sons are thrown into prisons merely for believing in Allaah and for standing up for Truth; when our women are raped and children are tortured and are kept in secret prisons for only Allaah knows how long? Is it not time for us to beseech the One and Only who is truly in control of all our affairs? Who Alone can take away these trials from us and grant us relief?

We encourage every Muslim in every corner of the world to join hands with us during the Month of March to pray with us for relief from all calamities affecting the Muslim World and specifically to call upon Allaah to hasten the release of all our prisoners and return our loved ones to us.

You can pray individually but also in congregation behind an imaam. Contact your local imaam to recite Qunoot an-Naazilah and to pray for the release of prisoners during his prayers. Sisters can do the same in their own gatherings, all it takes for you is to raise your hands to Allaah – the Almighty, the Most-Powerful.

Qunoot an-Naazilah:

Qunoot is a supplication offered during prayer while standing. Du’aa al-Qunoot [an-Naazilah] is worded according to the nature of the hardship or calamity. The Prophet (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for Muslim Captives and against certain tribes invoking Allaah for protection from their evil and harm.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Qunoot for a month in Dhuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib, ‘Isha’ and Fajr prayer, when he said: Sami’a Allaahu liman hamidah in the last rak’ah, praying against some tribes of Banu Sulaym, and against Ri’l, Dhakwaan and ‘Usayyah, and those who were behind him said Ameen. [Narrated by Abu Dawood (1443). Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.]

It should be noted here that these tribes had betrayed and killed 70 of the Companions (may Allaah be pleased with them all).

“It is proven that the Prophet  (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to say Qunoot at times of calamity, praying against the aggressors among the disbelievers, and praying for the week and oppressed Muslims to be saved from the plots and captivity of the disbelievers.” [Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (22/271)]

Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Qunoot for a month. After saying Sami’a Allaahu liman hamidah, he said in his Qunoot: “O Allaah, save al-Waleed ibn al-Waleed, Salamah ibn Hishaam, ‘Ayyaash ibn Abi Rabee’ah and the weak and oppressed believers. O Allaah, punish Mudar severely and send upon them a famine like that of Yoosuf.” Then Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said that they were saved from the clutches of the disbelievers and came to Madeenah, so the Messenger (may Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him) stopped praying for them.  Narrated by Muslim (675)

In Zaad al-Ma’aad (1/272) Ibn al-Qayyim said: “He prayed Qunoot at the time of calamity to offer supplication for some people and to pray against others, then he stopped when those for whom he had prayed came (to Madeenah) and were saved from captivity, and those against whom he had prayed became Muslim and came repenting. So his Qunoot was for a purpose, and when that was achieved he stopped Qunoot.”

How should one say Du’aa al-Qunoot?

According to the most correct scholarly opinion, Du’aa al-Qunoot should be recited after the ruku’, however reciting before the ruku’ is also considered acceptable. [Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen, al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 4/64]

It is prescribed to pray Qunoot during the last rak’ah of every salaah when a calamity strikes, and to continue until the calamity is averted.

Wording of the Du’aa:

Al-Nawawi said in al-Majmoo’ (3/497): “The correct view which was stated definitively by the majority of scholars is that there are no specific words, rather any du’aa may be said.”

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