Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5822 — The takbirs of the two Eids

Ibrahim reported that one of the governors of Kufah (Sufyan said: one of the two narrators said it was Sa'id bin al-As, and the other said it was al-Walid bin Uqbah) sent for Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with them) and said: "This Eid has arrived, so what is your view?" They referred the matter to Sayyiduna Abdullah, who said: "He should say nine takbirs: a takbir with which he opens the prayer, then he says three takbirs, then recites a surah, then says a takbir, then bows. Then he stands and recites a surah, then says four takbirs, bowing with one of them."