Imam Ahmad and the compilers of the Sunan related with a good Sanad (chain of narrators) from Sa`d Ibn Tariq Al-Ashja`i who said, “I asked my father: 'You prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, `Umar, `Uthman, and `Ali; did they say Qunut in the Fajr Prayer?' He replied, 'Dear son! This is an innovation.'"