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ذِكْرُ نَفْيِ الْقُنُوتِ عَنْهُ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَوَاتِ

ibnhibban:1989 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī from his father

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Abu Bakr and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Umar and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Uthman and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Ali and he did not say the Qunut." Then he said: "O my son, this is an innovation." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1080)

ابن حبّان:١٩٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ»

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nasai:1080 – Qutaybah > Khalaf / Ibn Khalīfah > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī from his father

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Abu Bakr and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Umar and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Uthman and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Ali and he did not say the Qunut." Then he said: "O my son, this is an innovation."

النسائي:١٠٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ خَلَفٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَىَّ إِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ

nasai-kubra:671 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Khalaf > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī from his father

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Abu Bakr and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Umar and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Uthman and he did not say the Qunut, and I prayed behind Ali and he did not say the Qunut." Then he said: "O my son, this is an innovation." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1080)

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ خَلَفٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ