Title: If praying witr behind a shafai imam, when should a hanafi read his qunoot as shafai imam reads his qunoot after rising from ruku and in hanafi one has to read his qunoot before going to ruku. Will witr be valid if qunot is not read before ruku.

Question: Respecte MuftiSahab: If praying witr behind a shafai imam, when should a hanafi read his qunoot as shafai imam reads his qunoot after rising from ruku and in hanafi one has to read his qunoot before going to ruku. Will witr be valid if qunot is not read before ruku.

Answer ID: 7912Posted on: Aug 29, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1019/1019=M/1429)

In this case, the Hanafi should follow the Shafei Imam and should recite the qunoot with Imam after rising from ruku:

فی العالمگیریۃ: ولو صلی الوتر بمن یقنت بعد الرکوع فی القومۃ والمقتدی لا یری ذلک تابعہ فیہ، ھکذا فی فتاوی قاضی خان