Hadith #6
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ الْقُنُوتِ أَقَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَ
لَّمَ قَنَتَ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَى نَاسٍ قَتَلُوا نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ الْقُرَّاءُ
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية
عاصم الأحول
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, 'Asim al-Ahwal narrated to us, from Anas (رضي الله عنه), he said: I asked him about the qunut — was it before the bowing or after it? He said: 'Before the bowing.' I said: 'They claim that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed qunut after the bowing.' He said: 'He only performed qunut after the bowing for a short time (one month), because he sent some people called the reciters (al-qurra'), about seventy men, to some polytheists. They had a covenant between them and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but they betrayed and killed them. So he performed qunut after bowing for one month, supplicating against them.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 26, Hadith 6
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 12244
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-48634