Hadith 1869

Sa'id bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he asked Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with them): "How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say the takbir in Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr?" Abu Musa said, "He would say takbir four times, like the takbir of the funeral prayer." Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "He has spoken the truth." Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This is how I used to say takbir in Basrah when I was their leader." [Narrated by Abu Dawud and Al-Tahawi] Abu Dawud remained silent about it, and so did al-Mundhiri in his Mukhtasar. In its chain is Abdur Rahman bin Thawban, whom more than one scholar has declared trustworthy. Ibn Ma'in said, "There is no harm in him." Also in its chain is Abu Aishah. In al-Taliq al-Hasan from al-Khulasa, it is mentioned: 'Abu Aishah al-Umawi, their freed slave, narrated from Abu Musa and Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them), and from him narrated Mak'hul and Khalid bin Ma'dan. Thus, his anonymity is removed due to two narrators reporting from him. Abdul Razzaq narrated it from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) with a Sahih chain.