If praying witr behind a shafai imam, when should a hanafi read his qunoot as shafai imam reads his qunoot after rising from ruku

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

It is permissible to follow a Shaf’ee Imam in witr prayers on the condition that he does not make salam after the second rakah. The Hanafi followers will say their qunoot when the Shaf’ee Imam says it; i.e after the ruku’.

If the Imam makes salam after the second rakah and then performs the third rakah separately, the witr of the hanafi followers will not be valid.

Al-Durr al-Mukhtar ma’ Rad al-Muhtar (2:7) Dar al-Fikr

Al-Fatawa al-Hindiya (1:111) Maktaba Rasheediya

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Ml. Ehzaz Ajmeri,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa