It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from the last bowing (ruku') in the 'Isha prayer, he would recite Qunoot and say: O Allah! Grant salvation to Walid bin Walid, O Allah! Grant salvation to Salamah bin Hisham, O Allah! Grant salvation to 'Ayyash bin Abi Rabi'ah, O Allah! Grant salvation to the weak believers, O Allah! Intensify Your punishment upon Mudar, O Allah! Make it a famine upon them like the famine during the time of Yusuf (peace be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: By Allah! I will surely present the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) before you. In one narration it is stated: Indeed, in terms of prayer, I am the closest among you to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Thus, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite Qunoot in the last rak‘ah of Zuhr, ‘Isha, and Fajr prayers. When he would say "Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah," he would supplicate for the believers and invoke curses upon the disbelievers.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Qunoot continuously for one month in the prayers of Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr. When he would say "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" in the last rak'ah, he would perform this Qunoot, in which he would supplicate against the tribes of Banu Sulaym: Ri'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usayyah, and the followers behind him would say Ameen. The reason for this was that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent some companions to these people to invite them to Islam, but they killed them. In his narration, Affan said that Ikrimah used to say that this was the reason for the beginning of this Qunoot.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to supplicate against someone or to pray for someone, he would perform Qunoot after bowing (ruku‘). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had said:“Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd,”he would supplicate in this way:“O Allah! Grant deliverance to Walid bin Walid, Salamah bin Hisham, ‘Ayyash bin Abi Rabi‘ah, and the weak believers. O Allah! Intensify Your punishment upon the tribe of Mudar and make it upon them like the famine of Yusuf (peace be upon him).”He (peace and blessings be upon him) would make this supplication aloud, and in the Fajr prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate thus:“O Allah! Curse so-and-so and so-and-so (two Arab tribes),”until Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: (O Prophet!) You have no part in the decision; whether He turns to them in mercy or punishes them, for they are wrongdoers.

(Second chain) They say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, bowed in prayer, then raised his head and made this supplication: O Allah! Deliver Ayyash bin Abi Rabi’ah... O Allah! Make for them a famine like that of Yusuf (Joseph), peace be upon him.

Abu Malik Ashja'i says: I said to my father: O my dear father, indeed you have prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Umar, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and here in Kufa behind Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for five years; so did these people recite Qunoot? He said: O my beloved son, this is a new thing.

(Second chain) They said: My father had performed prayer behind the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at the age of sixteen, then he also performed prayer behind Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them. I asked him: Did they perform Qunoot? He said: No, my dear son, this is a new thing.

Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) taught me these words to recite in the Qunoot of Witr: O Allah! Guide me among those whom You have guided, grant me well-being among those whom You have granted well-being, befriend me among those whom You have befriended, bless for me what You have given me, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Surely, You decree and none can decree over You. Indeed, he whom You befriend is never humiliated. Blessed and Exalted are You, our Lord.

Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the Tashahhud in the middle and at the end of the prayer. Aswad bin Yazid says: We used to remember (revise) it with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) when he informed us that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had taught him the Tashahhud. So he used to say: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sit on his left buttock in the middle and at the end of the prayer, he would recite:“All greetings, prayers, and pure things are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.”Then, if he was in the middle of the prayer, after finishing the Tashahhud, he would stand up (for the third rak’ah), and if he was at the end of the prayer, he would supplicate as much as Allah willed, then he would say the salam (to end the prayer). The translation of the Tashahhud: All verbal, physical, and financial acts of worship are only for Allah. O Prophet: May Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and I (also) bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is Allah’s servant and Messenger.