Volume 2, Book 16, Number 116:
Narrated ‘Asim:
I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, “Definitely it was (recited)”. I asked, “Before
bowing or after it?” Anas replied, “Before bowing.” I added, “So and so has told me that you had in –
formed him that it had been after bowing.” Anas said, “He told an untruth (i.e. “was mistaken,” ac –
cording to the Hijazi dialect). Allah’s Apostle recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one month.”
Anas added, “The Prophet sent about seventy men (who knew the Quran by heart) towards the pa –
gans (of Najd) who were less than they in number and there was a peace treaty between them and
Allah’s Apostles (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah’s Apostle re –
cited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them.”