Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبِي قَدْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ قَالَ لَا أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ.
English Translation
Husayn ibn Muhammad told us: Khalaf told us, from Abu Malik, he said: My father had prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was sixteen years old, and behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. I said to him: "Did they perform qunut?" He said: "No, my son, it is an innovation."