May it be of benefit to the researcher and student of the noble Shāfi’ī school. What follows is the proof of the school for this view. This is the officially established view of the Shafi’i madhhab. When praying alone one says it to one’s self.” 2 If the imam is inaudible, the follow himself says the supplication. The follow says, “Ameen” after each supplication that is audible to him and participates in the praises and so forth by responding with similar expressions. One does not stroke the face or chest with one’s hands after the supplication. It is recommended to raise one’s hands throughout the supplication.

After this, one invokes the Blessing on the Prophet. The words of this supplication are not set and may be accomplished by pronouncing any supplication or Qur’anic verse containing a supplication, such as the last verses of Al-Baqara, though the above words are better. If one is Imam, one pluralizes the singular pronominal suffix so that, for example, ihdini becomes ihdināand so forth. It is commendable to add “and none is exalted who you are at enmity with”. “While performing the dawn prayer (subh) it is sunna to lift one’s hands and supplicate after straightening up from bowing in the second raka’a.One says: ““. Imām Ahmad ibn Naqib Al-Misrī stated in his ‘Umdat As-Sālik, as translated by Shaykh Nuh Keller as ‘The Reliance of the Traveller’: The Imam recites in plural form, and what is correct (sahīh) is that it is Sunnah to send blessings upon Rasūlullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) at the end of the supplication, and that the hands be raised, and that one does not wipe their face, and that the Imām says it aloud while the the one following says Amīn…” 1 And what is said is ,اللهم اهديني فيمن هديت”Allahumma Ahdini fiman hadayt…” “And the Qunut is a Sunnah when rising from the bowing position (ruku’) in the second raka’ah of the morning prayer (As-Subh). Imam An-Nawawī states in his primer Al-Minhāj,

Dua qunoot witr shafi