“I said to my father: ‘O my father! You prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and behind Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman, and behind ‘Ali here in Kufah for about five years. Did they recite Qunut in Fajr?’ He said: ‘O my son! That is an innovation.’”  

قُلْتُ لأَبِي يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ هَا هُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ نَحْوًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ فَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ فِي الْفَجْرِ؟ فَقَالَ أَىْ بُنَىَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

"I said to my father: 'O my father! You offered Salat behind Messenger of Allah (S), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali bin Abi Talib here in Al-Kufah for about five years. Did they say the Qunut?' He said: 'It is a newly invented matter my son.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 402)  

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ هَاهُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ؟ قَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

[Machine] "My father used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was sixteen years old, along with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. So I asked him, 'Did they used to show devotion (khushu')?' He said, 'No, my son, they were not like that, they were conversing.'"  

كَانَ أَبِي قَدْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ؟ قَالَ لَا أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

“I said to my father: ‘O my father! You prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and behind Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman, and behind ‘Ali here in Kufah for about five years. Did they recite Qunut in Fajr?’ He said: ‘O my son! That is an innovation.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1241)   

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ وَعَلِيٌّ هَاهُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ نَحْوًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ وَكَانُوا لَا يَقْنُتُونَ فِي الْفَجْرِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ»