244 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the qunūt for one month after rising from bowing, invoking against certain clans of the Arabs, and then he abandoned it.” Agreed upon.

Ahmad and al-Dāraqutnī recorded a similar narration through a different chain, adding: “As for the dawn prayer, he never ceased to perform the qunūt until he left this world.” ⦗1⦘

Status of the ḥadīth: The additional wording reported by Ahmad and al-Dāraqutnī was declared authentic by al-Ḥākim, and Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd tended toward its authentication. Nevertheless, its chain contains ʿĪsā ibn Māhān—whose memory is poor—and al-Rabīʿ ibn Anas—who has slips. The decisive method for reconciling the various narrations on the qunūt will be presented below from Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him.

Glossary of terms
• qunūt: Scholars list ten meanings; here it refers to supplication in prayer—after rising from the last bowing of witr, and, for those who hold that view, after rising from the bowing in the second rakʿah of the dawn prayer.
• ʿalā (“against”): conveys harm, as in “he prayed against him.”
• aḥyāʾ min al-ʿArab (“clans of the Arabs”): the singular is ḥayy, meaning a tribe. In this context it refers to the clans of Riʿl, ʿUṣayya, Dhakwān, and Banū Liḥyān.