English translation
464. Al-Ḥasan bin 'Alī [may Allāh [1] Al-A'lā 87. [2] Al-Kāfirūn 109. [3] Al-Ikhlāṣ 112. be pleased with them] said: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught me some phrases to say during Al-Witr: (Allāhummahdīnī fīman hadait, wa ā'finī fīman 'āfait, wa tawallanī fīman tawallait, wa bārik Lī fīmā 'atait, wa qīnī sharra mā qadait, fa Innaka taqđī wa lā yuqđā 'Alaik, wa innahu lā yadhillu man walait, tabārakta Rabbanā wa ta'ālait.) 'O Allāh guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, befriend me among those You have befriended, bless me in what You have granted, and save me from the evil that You decreed. Indeed You decree, and none can pass decree upon You, indeed he is not humiliated whom You have befriended, blessed are You our Lord and Exalted.'" (Sahih) [He said:] There is a narration on this topic from 'Alī. Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan we do not know of it except from this route, in the narration of Abū Al-Ḥawrā' As-Sa'dī, and his name is Rabī'ah bin Shaibān. We do not know anything better than this about the Qunūt [in Witr] from the Prophet ﷺ. The people of knowledge differ over the Qunūt in Witr. Ibn Mas'ud held the view that the Qunūt was performed in Al-Witr throughout the year, and he preferred that the Qunūt be before the bowing (position). This is the saying of some of the people of knowledge. It is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ishāq, and the people of Al-Kūfah. It has been related that ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib would not say the Qunūt except in the latter half of Ramaḍān, and he would say the Qunūt after bowing. Some of the people of knowledge followed this; it is the view of Ash-Shāfi‘ī and Aḥmad.