Should I Recite the Qunut in the Witr Prayer When Following a Hanafi Imam in the First Half of Ramadan?
Shafi'i Fiqh
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Question
Should I recite the qunut in the witr prayer when following a Hanafi Imam from the 1st to the 15th of Ramadan?
Answer
Thank you for your question.
Witr Behind Hanafi Imam
It is valid for a Shafi’i to pray behind a Hanafi imam. Please see the details here:
Witr Behind Hanafis
Although there are opinions on how the witr prayer should be performed, following another school’s way of performing it will not invalidate it; at the most, it might be considered disliked (makruh). However, if one is praying behind an imam with a group, uniting with one’s fellow Muslims to worship God trumps all differences.
May Allah give you the best of this world and the next.
[Ustadha] Shazia Ahmad
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad lived in Damascus, Syria, for two years, where she studied aqidah, fiqh, tajweed, tafsir, and Arabic. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her Masters in Arabic. Afterward, she moved to Amman, Jordan, where she studied fiqh, Arabic, and other sciences. She later moved back to Mississauga, Canada, where she lives with her family.
