How Does A Person Who Forgets To Recite The Supplications Of Qunut Duas In Witr Prayer Complete His Prayer?

How does a person who forgets to recite the supplications of Qunut duas in witr prayer complete his prayer?

Qunut, whose lexical meaning is to be a sincere servant to Allah, extend prayer and dua, keep silent, make dua, stand for worship, etc. terminologically means making dua by standing before or after ruku in the prayer.

It is wajib to recite Qunut duas in witr prayer. Therefore, we need to establish sajdah al-sahw if we abandon or delay to recite them (Haddad, al-Jawhara, I, 92).

If a person who establishes witr prayer goes down to ruku by forgetfulness or mistake before reciting Qunut duas, he continues his prayer and performs sajdah al-sahw at the end of the prayer. If this person recites Qunut duas after straightening up from ruku, he goes down to prostration without performing ruku again, and performs sajdah al-sahw at the end of the prayer (Kasani, Bada’i, I, 274; al-Fatawa al-Hindiyyah, I, 141).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA