Ubayy had prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was sixteen years old, and behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman. I asked him, "Did they perform the qunut?"He replied, "No, my son, it is something newly introduced."
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كان أبي قد صلى خلف رسول الله ﷺ وهو ابن ست عشرة سنة وأبي بكر وعمر وعثمان فقلت له أكانوا يقنتون قال لا أي بني محدث