Does the Eid sermon begin with takbir or with praise?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, the brothers have many questions regarding the prescribed manner of the Eid sermon. Does it begin with praise or with takbir? That is the first question. The second question is also about the prescribed manner of the takbir on the day of Eid. Is it done collectively? Many mosques and prayer halls have become accustomed to having a man at the loudspeaker with a group who perform takbir collectively, and then the worshippers after them perform takbir collectively. What is the prescribed manner in this? May Allah reward you.

Answer : As for the sermon, if a person begins it with praise, that is what is known from the sermons of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he began his sermons with praise and glorification of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If he begins with takbir, there is no harm in that either, because takbir is a type of praise of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The person says, "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest." The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this; some said it begins with praise, and some said it begins with takbir. Those who said it begins with takbir say that he recites: "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise." So praise is present at the beginning, but in a form other than the form of "Praise be to Allah, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah," and the like. The matter is broad in this regard. As for the takbir, it is known that every person performs takbir for himself. The Companions were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and some of them were reciting the talbiyah while others were performing takbir. No one criticized anyone, and no one gathered with another to perform the talbiyah or the takbir. This is the default: the default is that every person performs takbir alone.
I do not know of any Sunnah regarding collective takbir. The Sunnah is that every person performs takbir alone. However, it has been said that the takbir at the loudspeaker or the microphone is for the purpose of alerting the people to perform takbir, not for them to perform takbir with the one calling it out, but rather to alert them so that they perform takbir. May Allah reward you.