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536. Kathīr bin 'Abdullāh narrated from his father, from his grandfather: "The Prophet ﷺ said the Takbīr in the first (Rak'ah) seven (times) before the recitation, and in the last, five (times) before the recitation." (Hasan)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Aishah, Ibn 'Umar,
and 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Kathīr's grandfather is a Hasan Hadīth, and it is the best thing reported on this topic from the Prophet ﷺ. his name is 'Amr bin 'Awf Al-Muzani.
This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others.
It is reported that Abū Hurairah performed similar prayer in Al-Madinah. The purport of this Hadīth is the opinion of the people of Al-Madinah, and it is the view of Mālik bin Anas, Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.
It has been reported that Ibn Mas'ūd said about the Takbīr for the two 'Eid: "Nine Takbīr, in the first Rak'ah there are five before the recitation, and in the second one begins with the recitation, then he says four Takbīr with the Takbīr of Rukū'."
A similar opinion has been related from more than one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and it is the view of the people of Al-Kūfah, and it is the opinion of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī.
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Footnotes
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[1] Qāf 50.
2
[2] Al-Qamar 54.
Commentary
The jurists of Al-Madinah, Imām Mālik, Zuhri, Imām Aḥmad are of the view that there are seven Takbīr including the opening Takbīr in the first Rak'ah
before the recitation, and five Takbīr in the second Rak'ah after getting up before the recitation.
