What was narrated concerning how many times the Imam should say the Takbir in the Eid Prayers Sunan Ibn Majah 1279
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَثْمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـكَبَّرَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ سَبْعًا فِي الأُولَى وَخَمْسًا فِي الآخِرَةِ .
Translation
Kathirbin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin ‘Awf narrated, from his father,fromhis grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said theTakbir inthe ‘Eid prayers, seven times in the first Rak’ah and fivetimesin the second.