Qunut in witr prayer

Assalamu alaykum

In the name of Allah the Inspirer of truth.

In the third rak’ah after reciting the additional surah or verses following the fatihah, raise your hands to your ears saying Allahu akbar and tie them again below the navel as normal. It is then necessary [wajib] to make qunut, hence, recite the following:

Qunût To Be Recited In The Witr Salâh.

اَللّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسـْتَعـِيْنُكَ وَنَسْتَغـْفِرُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكِ وَنُثْنِيْ عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ، وَنَشْكُرُ ، وَلاَ نَكْفُرُكَ، وَ نَخْلَعُ وَ نَتُرُكَ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ، اَللّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَلَكَ نُصَلِّيْ وَنَسْجُدُ وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ وَنَرْجُوْ رَحْمَتـَكَ إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ الْجِدَّ بِالْكُفَّارِ مُلْحِقٌ. [1][1]

Allâhumma innâ nasta-‘înuka wa nas-taghiruka wa nu’minu bika wa nuthnî alaykal khayr, wa nashkuruka walâ nakfuruka wanakhla’u wa nat-ruku may yafjuruk, Allâhumma’iyyâka na’budu wa laka nusallî wa nasjudu wa ilayka nas-‘â wa nahfidu wa nakshâ ‘adhâbaka wa narjû rahmataka innâ ‘adhâbak al-jidda bil-kuffâri mul-hiq.

O Allâh, I seek help from You, ask forgiveness from You, and believe in You and praise You for all the good things and are grateful to You and we part and break off with all those who disobedient to You. O Allâh, You alone do we worship and pray exclusively to You and bow before You alone and we hasten eagerly towards You and fear Your severe punishment and hope for Your mercy, for Your severe punishment is surely to be meted out to the disbelievers.

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Until you are able to memorize the above du’a which is the sunna du’a to be recited for the qunut in witr, recite:

“Allahummaghfirli” [O Allah, forgive me] or

“Allahummahdini” [O Allah, guide me] thrice

(or any such du’a that cannot be asked of humans). (Radd al-Muhtar 1:447).

Wassalam

Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf

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[1][1] أخرجه إبن أبي شيبة في المصنف في : باب في قنوت الوتر وما يقرأ فيه.