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Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet (ﷺ) recite Qunut in the Fajr prayer?" Anas replied in the affirmative. He
was further asked, "Did he recite Qunut before bowing?" Anas replied, "He recited Qunut after
bowing for some time (for one month)."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 14, Hadith 12
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I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, "Definitely it was (recited)". I asked, "Before
bowing or after it?" Anas replied, "Before bowing." I added, "So and so has told me that you had
informed him that it had been after bowing." Anas said, "He told an untruth (i.e. "was mistaken,"
according to the Hijazi dialect). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one
month." Anas added, "The Prophet (ﷺ) sent about seventy men (who knew the Quran by heart) towards
the pagans (of Najd) who were less than they in number and there was a peace treaty between them
and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
recited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them."