and throughout the first ten days of Dhu’l-Ḥijjah, for the Almighty says, “that you may complete the number and magnify Allah for having guided you” (2:185). One should raise his voice with the takbīr in houses, marketplaces, mosques—indeed in every place where mentioning Allah is permissible—and he should also proclaim it aloud while proceeding to the prayer-ground. Al-Dārquṭnī and others relate from Ibn ʿUmar that “whenever he went out on the day of Fitr or the day of Aḍḥā he would pronounce the takbīr aloud until he reached the prayer area, and he would continue until the imām arrived.” In the Ṣaḥīḥ it is reported, “We were instructed to bring out the menstruating women, and they would join us in proclaiming the takbīr,” and Muslim records, “they would say the takbīr with the people.” Thus, this practice is recommended because it displays the hallmarks of Islam.

The takbīr on Eid al-Fitr is even more emphatic, for the Exalted says, “that you may complete the number and magnify Allah for having guided you.” The divine command makes it especially stressed on this Eid.

Eid al-Aḍḥā, however, has an additional feature: the legislated restricted takbīr, which is said after every congregational obligatory prayer. The imām turns to the worshippers and says, “Allāhu akbar,” and they reply, “Allāhu akbar,” as narrated by al-Dārquṭnī, Ibn Abī Shaybah, and others from the ḥadīth of Jābir: “Whenever the Prophet ﷺ had prayed the dawn prayer on the morning of ʿArafah, he would say, ‘Allāhu akbar …’,” and so forth.