Dua kunoot for fajr and asr
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
After Farz prayer like
Asar and Subha(morning) some Imam are asking Dua and during this period of time
they are doing Al-Fatihah
and keeping silence for a while then completing the dua please guide me in the
light of Quran and Hadith and deen..what is the right way of dua and Fatiah`
Islamic brother
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Answer:
Dua kunoot for fajr and asr
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) was that he would normally make the ‘qunoot’ dua after performing
the ruku of the second rakah of the Fajr or morning prayer.
Hadrat Anas ibn
Malik (r.a.) said: "The Messenger of Allah (saws) did not stop making the
qunut dua during the dawn (Fajr) prayer until he left this world."
Related by Ahmad,
al-Bazzar, adDaraqutni, al-Baihaqi, and al-Hakim.
Maybe the imam you have
mentioned prays the Surah Al-Fateha,
and keeps silent for a little while before reciting other Aayahs or a
Surah to complete the rakah, so that
the believers can pray the Surah Al-Fateha themselves. There is absolutely no harm in this.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan