Arab tribes [because they decieved and killed seventy of his companions], then he ( - عز وجل -) abandoned it’. (1)

Point two: ’Anas ( - رضي الله عنه -) said that the Sah?bah ( - رضي الله عنهم -) never did Qun?t till the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) first did it when he asked All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) curse to be poured on Ra’l and Thakw?n [two Arab tribes] as was narrated in the two “Sah?hs” from Abdil ‘Aziz Ibn Suhaib from ’Anas to have said: ‘The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) sent 70 of his best recitors of the Holy Qur’?n, they were called the Qurr?’ [recitors], for a certain mission. Men from two ‘Arab tribes - Ra‘l and Thakw?n - attacked them near a well called Ma’?nah. The Qurr?’ explained to have been sent by the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) for a mission and not to fight ‘Arab tribes. The attackers, however, killed all of them. Having received the bad news, the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) did Qun?t for a month in Fajr Sal?t asking for All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) curse to be sent down on them [i.e. the murderers]. Qun?t had not been done by any of us before this time. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) was the first to do it’. (2)

This had?th entails that it was not of the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah to do Qun?t continuously. Besides, ‘Anas’( - رضي الله عنه -) statements “The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) was the first to do it” and “He ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) did Qun?t for a month then abandoned it” indicate that this Qun?t was dedicated for asking All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) relief from afflictions, and he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) did it for a certain period of time. This is similar to the Qun?t, the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) did in the ‘Ish?’ Sal?t. He did it for a month also asking for All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) mercy for some people and his wrath on others - as narrated by Ab? Hurairah ( - رضي الله عنه -). The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said in this Du‘?’: “All?humma ‘Anjil Wal?d Ibn Al-wal?d, All?humma Anji Salamah Ibn Hish?m, All?humma Anji ‘Ayy?sh Ibn Ab? Rab?’ah, All?hummah ‘Ushdud Wat’atuka ‘Al? Mudar, All?hmmah Ij’alh? S?n?n Kasiniyyi Y?suf’.