The Supplication of Qunoot in Witr Prayer
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 72
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اَلْقُنُوتُ فِي اَلْوَتْرِ اِسْتِغْفَارٌ وَ فِي اَلْفَرِيضَةِ اَلدُّعَاءُ.
It is narrated by Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Abdullah from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام that He said: "The Qunoot (supplication) in the Witr prayer is for seeking forgiveness, while in the obligatory (prayers) it is for supplication (general prayers)”.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 70