The Exalted said: {So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan} (3). It has been narrated by Abu Sa'id that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to seek refuge before the recitation (4). He only combined them [in the prayer] in other prayers because the recitation immediately follows the opening supplication without a separator, so it became necessary for that which is at the beginning [of the prayer] to be adjacent to it, unlike in our issue; regardless of how one acts, it is permissible. When he finishes the opening supplication, he praises Allah and lauds Him, and invokes blessings upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then he does this between every two takbirs. If he says what al-Khiraqi mentioned, it is good, because it combines what we have mentioned; and if he says something else, such as saying: "Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest," or whatever he wishes of dhikr (remembrance), it is permissible (5). This is the view of al-Shafi'i. Abu Hanifa, Malik, and al-Awza'i said: He performs the takbirs consecutively, with no dhikr between them, because if there were a legislated dhikr between them, it would have been transmitted, just as the takbir was transmitted. Also, because it is a dhikr of a prescribed type, so it should be consecutive, like the glorification (tasbih) in bowing and prostration. As for us, it is what was narrated by 'Alqama, that 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Abu Musa, and Hudhayfah were visited by al-Walid ibn 'Uqbah one day before Eid, and he said to them: "This Eid has approached, so how is the takbir in it?" 'Abdullah said: "You begin and perform a takbir with which you open the prayer, and you praise your Lord, and invoke blessings upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then you supplicate and perform a takbir, and do the same, then you supplicate and perform a takbir, and do the same, then you supplicate and perform a takbir, and do the same, then you supplicate and perform a takbir, and do the same, [then you supplicate and perform a takbir, and do the same] (7), then you recite, perform a takbir, and bow. Then you stand, recite, praise your Lord, and invoke blessings upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then you supplicate, perform a takbir, and do the same, then you perform a takbir and do the same, then you perform a takbir and do the same, then you bow."