Narrated ‘Asim:
I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, "Definitely it was (recited)”. I asked, "Before bowing or after it?” Anas replied, "Before bowing.” I added, "So and so has told me that you had in-formed him that it had been after bowing.” Anas said, "He told an untruth (i.e. "was mistaken,” ac-cording to the Hijazi dialect). Allah’s Apostle recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one month.” Anas added, "The Prophet sent about seventy men (who knew the Quran by heart) towards the pa-gans (of Najd) who were less than they in number and there was a peace treaty between them and Allah’s Apostles (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah’s Apostle re-cited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them.”