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is greatest.” They likewise proclaim the takbīr whenever they stone the jamarāt (the stone pillars), on Safā and Marwah, and during the tawāf each time they pass in line with the Corner of the Kaʿba. In all of these rites they raise their voices with the takbīr, except for the portions they recite silently.
When the Exalted One mentioned the fast of Ramaḍān—after which the festival of Eid al-Fiṭr is held—He said:
“...and so that you may complete the number [of days] and glorify Allah for guiding you, that you might be thankful.” (Qur’an 2:185)
And when He spoke of the sacrificial animals offered on the Festival of Sacrifice, the Day of the Greater Pilgrimage, He said:
أَكْبَرُ» وَيُكَبِّرُونَ إِذَا رَمَوُا الْجِمَارَ، وَيُكَبِّرُونَ عَلَى الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، وَيُكَبِّرُونَ فِي الطَّوَافِ عِنْدَ مُحَاذَاةِ الرُّكْنِ، وَكُلُّ هَذَا يَجْهَرُونَ فِيهِ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ غَيْرَ مَا يُسِرُّونَهُ.
قَالَ - تَعَالَى - لَمَّا ذَكَرَ صَوْمَ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي يُقِيمُونَ لَهُ عِيدَ الْفِطْرِ، قَالَ - تَعَالَى -:
{وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ}
[البقرة: ١٨٥]
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وَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ الْهَدْيَ الَّذِي يُقَرَّبُ فِي عِيدِ النَّحْرِ،
وَهُوَ يَوْمُ الْحَجِّ الْأَكْبَرِ قَالَ: