What is the ruling regarding what the Imam says during his silence after reciting the Surah in the second rak'ah of Fajr prayer, before bowing?
The Imam is of the Maliki school, and the Malikis sunnah-ize (consider it a sunnah) the Qunut in the Fajr prayer and prefer it to be before the bowing (Ruku'). The Qunut before the Ruku' is narrated from Omar, Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, and a multitude of companions, and it is the madhhab of Ishaq and Malik. The Malikis prefer to recite the supplication silently during the Qunut and they supplicate with the narrated Du'a: "O Allah, we seek Your help, and we seek Your forgiveness, and we believe in You, and we rely upon You, and we humble ourselves before You, and we renounce and abandon whoever disbelieves in You. O Allah, You alone do we worship, and to You alone do we pray and prostrate, and to You alone do we strive and hasten. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your severe punishment, for indeed Your punishment will certainly overtake the disbelievers." The scholars differ regarding the ruling of Qunut in the Fajr prayer. Some consider it an innovation (bid'ah), some consider it a sunnah, and some only perform Qunut during calamities. The moderate view is that performing it is a sunnah and abandoning it is a sunnah, so no one should be denounced for continuously performing it, nor should they be described as an innovator, just as no one should be denounced for abandoning it.
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