and Ishaq, except that they said: He performs seven takbirs in the first [rak'ah] excluding the opening takbir, based on the statement of 'Aisha: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to perform twelve takbirs in the two Eids, excluding the opening takbir. [Narrated by al-Daraqutni] (1). It was also narrated from Ibn 'Abbas, Anas, al-Mughira ibn Shu'bah, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, and al-Nakha'i: He performs seven takbirs [in each]. Abu Hanifa and al-Thawri said: In the first and the second, he performs three takbirs each. They used the two hadiths of Abu Musa, which we have mentioned, as evidence. As for us, we have many hadiths, and those of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr and 'Aisha which we have previously mentioned. Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: It has been narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through many excellent chains of transmission that he performed seven takbirs in the first [rak'ah] of Eid and five in the second, from the hadith of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr, Ibn 'Umar, Jabir, 'Aisha, Abu Waqid, and 'Amr ibn 'Awf al-Muzani. There has not been narrated from him, through any strong or weak path, any contradiction to this, and it is the most appropriate [position] to be practiced. The known hadith of 'Aisha regarding him is that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, performed seven and five takbirs in al-Fitr and al-Adha, excluding the two takbirs for bowing. Narrated by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah (2). The hadith of Abu Musa is weak; it is narrated by Abu 'Aisha, a companion of Abu Hurayrah, and he is unknown.
306 - Issue; he said: (And he raises his hands with every takbir).
The collective meaning of this is that it is recommended that he raises his hands during the state of his takbir, just as he raises them with the opening takbir (takbirat al-ihram). This is the position of 'Ata', al-Awza'i, Abu Hanifa, and al-Shafi'i. Malik and al-Thawri said: He does not raise them for anything other than the opening takbir, because these are takbirs during the prayer, so they are similar to the takbirs of prostration. As for us, we rely on what has been narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to raise his hands with
(1) Omitted from [MS] original and M. It was narrated with this wording by al-Daraqutni, in: The beginning of the Book of the Two Eids. Sunan al-Daraqutni 2/46. (2) Narrated by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Takbir in the two Eids, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/262. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on what has been narrated regarding how many takbirs the Imam performs in the Eid prayer, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/407.
