مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِيدِ سَبْعُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى وَخَمْسُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ)
(Seven takbirs in the first rak‘ah and five in the second before recitation in Eid prayer)
Hadith 1441
وَعَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَبَّرَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فِي الْأُولَى سَبْعًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَابْن مَاجَه والدارمي
Kathir b. ‘Abdallah on his father’s authority quoted his grandfather as saying that at the two festivals the Prophet said “God is most great” seven times in the first rak'a before reciting from the Qur’an, and five times in the last one before reciting. Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
