8/10. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1442 — Qunut for the Weak Believers
The Qunut In The (Other) Prayers
Qunut Dua for the Weak Believers in Night Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1442
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1442
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَتَمَةِ شَهْرًا يَقُولُ فِي قُنُوتِهِ " اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ اللَّهُمَّ نَجِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ " . قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَلَمْ يَدْعُ لَهُمْ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " وَمَا تَرَاهُمْ قَدْ قَدِمُوا " .
Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited the supplication in the night prayer for a month. He said (in his supplication): O Allah, rescue al-Walid b. al-Walid, rescue Salamah b. Hisham, rescue the weak believers; O Allah, trample severely on Mudar; O Allah, cause them a famine like that of Joseph. Abu Hurairah said: One morning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) id not make supplication for them. So I told him about it. He said: You dod not see that they have come (back).
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1442In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 27English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1437
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1442
This Hadith about Qunut dua shows the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم making a clear supplication in the night prayer for one month. He asked Allah to rescue al-Walid b. al-Walid, Salamah b. Hisham, and the weak believers. The Hadith also records his words against Mudar, including a request for a famine like that of Joseph. Then Abu Hurairah noticed that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stopped making that supplication one morning. When he mentioned it, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied that they had come back. The key point is that Qunut in prayer was used here as a direct plea to Allah for people in need, and it was stopped when the stated matter changed.
What we learn from this hadith
- Qunut can include specific dua for named people in need.
- The supplication in this report continued for one month.
- The Prophet stopped that dua when the people had returned.
- The wording teaches care when linking dua to a specific situation.
