What is the ruling on beginning the two Eid sermons with takbirat?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Beginning the sermon on the two Eids...?
The Shaykh : There is a report regarding the beginning of the two Eid sermons, but it is a mursal report. It states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to begin it with nine takbirat. However, it is mursal, and the jurists adopted it. Some scholars say that it is like other sermons, beginning with praise, eulogy, and the tashahhud.
In my view, if he begins it with takbir, that is not far from being correct, because the Eid prayer contains additional takbirat, and it is a prayer. So, it seems to me, and Allah knows best, that on the day of Eid, one should increase in takbir. If he increases in takbir even in the prayer, then the sermon is all the more so. But this can be answered by saying that it begins with praise and eulogy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the tashahhud, and the prayer upon the Prophet, and he increases in takbir during it. The scholars differ on this. Most scholars, especially the jurists, say that it begins with nine takbirat in sequence, and the second with seven. Yes. Glorified be Allah, I have only one ear on one side and one ear on the other side. Is this correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Okay, if ten people are speaking, where does their speech enter? There is a crowd, there are two doors, and ten people are entering. That is why the question was directed to the one who wants to read, and who is that? Khalid, it is Khalid, so he has to answer.
The reader: I answered, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : As for the others, there is no need to answer. Yes. But I answered, and the speech was mixed.
The reader: But the brother Hajjaj, since he was next to me, his voice was louder than mine.
The Shaykh : There is a report regarding the beginning of the two Eid sermons, but it is a mursal report. It states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to begin it with nine takbirat. However, it is mursal, and the jurists adopted it. Some scholars say that it is like other sermons, beginning with praise, eulogy, and the tashahhud.
In my view, if he begins it with takbir, that is not far from being correct, because the Eid prayer contains additional takbirat, and it is a prayer. So, it seems to me, and Allah knows best, that on the day of Eid, one should increase in takbir. If he increases in takbir even in the prayer, then the sermon is all the more so. But this can be answered by saying that it begins with praise and eulogy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the tashahhud, and the prayer upon the Prophet, and he increases in takbir during it. The scholars differ on this. Most scholars, especially the jurists, say that it begins with nine takbirat in sequence, and the second with seven. Yes. Glorified be Allah, I have only one ear on one side and one ear on the other side. Is this correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Okay, if ten people are speaking, where does their speech enter? There is a crowd, there are two doors, and ten people are entering. That is why the question was directed to the one who wants to read, and who is that? Khalid, it is Khalid, so he has to answer.
The reader: I answered, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : As for the others, there is no need to answer. Yes. But I answered, and the speech was mixed.
The reader: But the brother Hajjaj, since he was next to me, his voice was louder than mine.