Musnad Imam Shafi'i

Ja'far bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Prophet (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said seven and five takbeers in the Eid and Istisqa prayers, and performed the prayer before the sermon, and recited aloud in them.

It is narrated from Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he pronounced seven and five takbeers in the Eid and Istisqa prayers and recited aloud.

It is narrated from Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abu Ayyub Ansari and Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with them both) instructed Marwan to say seven takbirs in the first rak'ah and five takbirs in the second rak'ah of the Eid prayers.

It is narrated from Nafi’, the freed slave of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I attended the Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr prayers with Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said seven takbirs before the recitation in the first rak’ah and five takbirs before the recitation in the second rak’ah.

It is narrated from Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who states that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers before the sermon.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Eid prayer before the sermon. Then he addressed the people with a sermon. He thought that perhaps the women had not heard the voice, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to them, preached and advised them, and instructed them to give charity. Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him, holding out his garment in this manner (i.e., saying, "Put in it"), so the women gave their earrings and other items (such as rings, etc.) in charity.

It is narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to perform the Eid prayers before the sermon.

It is narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he reports from the Prophet (peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), as in the previous hadith.

It is narrated from Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) that after finishing the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers, the Prophet ﷺ would deliver the sermon while mounted on his camel.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Yazid Khatmi (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them) used to perform the Eid prayer before the sermon, until the era of Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered the sermon first.

It is narrated from Iyad bin Abdullah bin Sa’d bin Abi Sarh ﷺ that Abu Sa’id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Marwan sent a man to me and to another man, whose name he mentioned. Marwan came with us to the Eid ground, and he began to ascend the pulpit, so I pulled him back. He said: O Abu Sa’id! What you know has been abandoned today. Abu Sa’id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said three times in a loud voice, By Allah! You have brought an evil (way) in place of it.”