Abu Malik says that I asked my father (Hazrat Tariq, may Allah be pleased with him), "Dear father! You have offered prayer behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and here in Kufa, you have also offered prayer behind Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for almost five years. Did these personalities recite Qunoot?" He replied, "Son! This is a newly invented thing."