Reciting Durood after Dua Qunut in Witr Salah

31 Aug 2020 -

Reciting Durood after Dua Qunut in Witr Salah Question: Is it permissible or advisable to recite Durood Shareef (Salutations) after the Dua of Qunut that hanafis normally make in the third rakah of their witr prayer?  I have heard this attributed to Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Mutala.  If correct, what durood do we read? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Not only is reciting durood (sending salutations on the Holy Prophet ﷺ) after the Dua of Qunut permissible but, in fact, highly advisable and worthy of being made a habit of [1][2][3]. This has been well documented in the historical texts of fiqh, however, may not be commonly known as it is not discussed in some modern texts. Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Mutala advocated for this, a long with many other of our recent senior predecessors, including Hazrat Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Hazrat Mufti Abdur Rahim Lajpuri, Hazrat Mufti Mahmoud Al-Hasan Gangohi and others (May Allah ﷻ  be pleased with them all) [4][5][6]. Finally, one may recite any durood one knows in order to fulfil the objective or indeed simply say وصلى الله علي النبي . [7][8]  May Allah ﷻ give us all the ability to engross ourselves in sending constant, sincere and excessive salutations on the Beloved Prophet ﷺ.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best Asmar Akram Concurred by: Hanif Patel Mu‘adh Chati Approved by: Mufti Siraj Sitponi Falahi