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ahmad:12705Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwaluʿan Anas > Saʾaltuh > al-Qunūt Aqabl al-Rukūʿ or Baʿd al-Rukūʿ > Qabl al-Rukūʿ > Faʾinnahum Yazʿumūn

[Machine] Regarding the qunut, is it before or after the ruku'? He replied, "It is before the ruku'." I said, "But they claim that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed qunut after the ruku'." He said, "They are lying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed qunut for a month, invoking against a group of people who killed some of his companions. They were called Al-Qurra."  

أحمد:١٢٧٠٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ

عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ أَقَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ؟ فَقَالَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَنَتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَى نَاسٍ قَتَلُوا نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الْقُرَّاءُ  


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muslim:677eAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim > Anas > Saʾaltuh > al-Qunūt Qabl al-Rukūʿ or Baʿd al-Rukūʿ > Qabl al-Rukūʿ > Faʾin Nās Yazʿumūn

I asked Anas whether Qunut was observed (by the Holy prophet) before ruku' or after ruku'. He replied: Before ruku'. I said: People conceive that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed Qunut after the ruku'. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed Qunut (after the ruku' as the people conceive it) for a mouth invoking curse upon those persons who had killed men among his Companions who were called the reciter (of the Qur'an).  

مسلم:٦٧٧eوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ

عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ نَاسًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَنَتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَى أُنَاسٍ قَتَلُوا أُنَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الْقُرَّاءُ