Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1289
وَعَن عَاصِم الْأَحول قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَانَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ؟ قَالَ: قَبْلَهُ إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ الرُّكُوعِ شَهْرًا إِنَّهُ كَانَ بَعَثَ أُنَاسًا يُقَالُ لَهُمْ الْقُرَّاءُ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا فَأُصِيبُوا فَقَنَتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ الرُّكُوعِ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Asim al-Ahwal said: I asked Anas ibn Malik whether qunut in prayer was before or after bowing. He replied: Before it. The Messenger of God made qunut after bowing for only one month. He had sent out seventy men known as Qur’an reciters, and they were killed. For one month after bowing, the Messenger of God made qunut, praying against their killers. Al-Bukhari and Muslim transmitted it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
الْقُنُوتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ
Qunut is a specialized devotional supplication and can refer to standing or supplication in prayer.
Should qunut remain transliterated, or should it be rendered as supplication?