What is the method of performing the takbirat of the festival?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the takbirat of the festival, what is the method of performing them?
The Shaykh : Which takbirat? In the prayer or outside the prayer?
The questioner : No, no, excuse me, outside the prayer?
The Shaykh : Okay, when you say the takbirat of the festival, do you mean after the prayer? How are they performed? Specify for me. Clarify it a little.
The questioner : I mean, it is reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that it was done collectively by the Companions or by the Salaf, that it was done collectively?
The Shaykh : First, there is nothing from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on this matter. There are reports from the Companions and from them that the takbir was done aloud. We know that the collective takbir, or tahlil, or talbiyah, does not require that the takbir or tahlil be done with one voice. Let it be done aloud, but without them intending to recite it in unison. So it is with the takbir after the prayers on the festival days. However, specifying the takbir after the prayers, specifically after the prayers, is not the original practice. Rather, one says takbir before the prayer, after the prayer, and between the prayers. At all times, whenever it is in one's mind, one says takbir. Now, for example, we are sitting here saying, "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise." This is prescribed (mashru') on the days of the festival. As for what people do today, after the prayer and that is it? That has no basis. But if one does it before the prayer, it is not criticized. Before the prayer, it is not criticized. Between the prayers, it is not criticized. And so on.
The Shaykh : Which takbirat? In the prayer or outside the prayer?
The questioner : No, no, excuse me, outside the prayer?
The Shaykh : Okay, when you say the takbirat of the festival, do you mean after the prayer? How are they performed? Specify for me. Clarify it a little.
The questioner : I mean, it is reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that it was done collectively by the Companions or by the Salaf, that it was done collectively?
The Shaykh : First, there is nothing from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on this matter. There are reports from the Companions and from them that the takbir was done aloud. We know that the collective takbir, or tahlil, or talbiyah, does not require that the takbir or tahlil be done with one voice. Let it be done aloud, but without them intending to recite it in unison. So it is with the takbir after the prayers on the festival days. However, specifying the takbir after the prayers, specifically after the prayers, is not the original practice. Rather, one says takbir before the prayer, after the prayer, and between the prayers. At all times, whenever it is in one's mind, one says takbir. Now, for example, we are sitting here saying, "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise." This is prescribed (mashru') on the days of the festival. As for what people do today, after the prayer and that is it? That has no basis. But if one does it before the prayer, it is not criticized. Before the prayer, it is not criticized. Between the prayers, it is not criticized. And so on.
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