The Description of the Takbirs of Transition in Prayer

The first message in this episode is from the female listener (A. M. al-Khatib) from the West Bank in Palestine. She sent this message containing a number of questions. We addressed some of her questions in previous episodes. In this episode, she asks and says: I see al-Nawawi saying in his tafsir, to the effect that it is recommended to prolong the takbir in prayer when transitioning from one pillar to another, so that no part of his prayer is devoid of dhikr. What is the ruling on one who continues with the takbir when transitioning without prolonging it, saying three or four takbirs between the two rak'ahs or between the two pillars?
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: Matters of religion are received by scholars and Muslims from the evidence of the Book and the Sunnah, not from the sayings of so-and-so, unless his saying agrees with the Book or the Sunnah. The Sunnah regarding the takbir is not to stretch it out, but rather to say the takbir when transitioning, just as one says it at the beginning of the ihram, without stretching it out. One may say a moderate takbir: (Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar) at the ihram, at the ruku', at the sujud, when rising from the sujud. As for stretching it out, no, that is not prescribed. For one to say: (Allahu Akbar) and stretch it out to the extent of his descent, no, this is not prescribed. But the takbir is decisive, and the salam is decisive. So he says: (Allahu Akbar) for a moderate, natural duration without any strain. And so: (Sami' Allahu li man hamidah, Rabbana wa laka al-hamd). And so: (As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmat Allah, As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmat Allah). He does not say: (As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmat Allah) [only once]. He has no need for this decisiveness: (As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmat Allah). And so: (Allahu Akbar). And he does not repeat one [takbir]. One takbir at the ihram. The waswasi (one afflicted with obsessive doubts) repeats the takbir. This waswasah is not permissible. But he says the takbir once at the ihram, Allahu Akbar, and once at the ruku', and once at the sujud, and once when rising from the sujud, and once at the second sujud, and once when rising from it, like this. This is what Allah has prescribed. This is what is prescribed for both men and women, and for the imam, the one praying alone, and the ma'mum. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.