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Sahih al-Bukhari 1002

Chapter: To recite Qunut before and after bowing

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 1002

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ،‏.‏ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ الْقُنُوتُ‏.‏ قُلْتُ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ قَالَ قَبْلَهُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَإِنَّ فُلاَنًا أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ، إِنَّمَا

قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ شَهْرًا ـ أُرَاهُ ـ كَانَ بَعَثَ قَوْمًا يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الْقُرَّاءُ زُهَاءَ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً إِلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ دُونَ أُولَئِكَ، وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَهْدٌ فَقَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ‏.‏

Narrated `Asim:

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."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 1002, 4096) and Ibn Majah (No. 1184).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد الْوَاحِد ) هُوَ اِبْن زِيَاد , وَعَاصِم هُوَ اِبْن سُلَيْمَان الْأَحْوَل. قَوْله : ( قَدْ كَانَ الْقُنُوت ) فِيهِ إِثْبَات مَشْرُوعِيَّته فِي الْجُمْلَة كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ. قَوْله : ( قَالَ : فَإِنَّ فُلَانًا أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْك أَنَّك قُلْت بَعْد الرُّكُوع , فَقَالَ : كَذَبَ ) لَمْ أَقِف عَلَى تَسْمِيَة هَذَا الرَّجُل صَرِيحًا , وَيُحْتَمَل أَنْ يَكُون مُحَمَّد بْن سِيرِينَ بِدَلِيلِ رِوَايَته الْمُتَقَدِّمَة , فَإِنَّ مَفْهُوم قَوْله " بَعْد الرُّكُوع يَسِيرًا " يُحْتَمَل أَنْ يَكُون وَقَبْل الرُّكُوع كَثِيرًا , وَيُحْتَمَل أَنْ يَكُون لَا قُنُوت قَبْله أَصْلًا , وَمَعْنَى قَوْله " كَذَبَ " أَيْ أَخْطَأَ , وَهُوَ لُغَة أَهْل الْحِجَاز , يُطْلِقُونَ الْكَذِب عَلَى مَ…

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Al-Bukharid. 256 AH Authenticصحيح The hadith صحيح البخاري No. 1002
Grades of other versions (4)
  • AuthenticAl-Albani صحيح — صحيح ابن ماجه (980)
  • Authentic chainShu'ayb al-Arna'ut إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم — تخريج المسند لشعيب (13280)
  • Good chain (hasan)Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut إسناده حسن — تخريج المسند لشعيب (13158)
  • Al-Ayni رجاله ثقات — نخب الافكار (4/319)

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4096

I asked Anas bin Malik regarding Al-Qunut during the prayer. Anas replied, "Yes (Al-Qunut was said by the Prophet (ﷺ) in the prayer)." I said, "Is it before Bowing or after Bowing?" Anas replied, "(It was said) before (Bowing)." I said, "So-and-so informed me that you told him that it was said…

الْقُنُوتِ، فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ كَانَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ قَالَ قَبْلَهُ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ فُلاَنًا أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ بَعْدَهُ، قَالَ كَذَبَ إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولُ…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1289

I asked Anas b. Malik whether the humble supplication1 during the prayer was before or after bowing and he replied, “Before it; God’s Messenger observed it after bowing only for a month. He had sent out some people called Qur’an readers, to the number of seventy, on an expedition and they were…

وَعَن عَاصِم الْأَحول قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَانَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ؟ قَالَ: قَبْلَهُ إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ…

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1294

Anas b. Malik was asked about standing in humble supplication and replied, “God’s Messenger stood in humble supplication after bowing.” A version has “before and after bowing.” Ibn Majah transmitted it.

وَسُئِلَ أَن بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ. فَقَالَ: قَنَتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ الرُّكُوعِ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَبَعْدَهُ. رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ

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