(1) Al-Bukhari, no. 6385; Muslim, no. 1344/428. (2) Muslim, no. 1218/147, in the long hadith of Jabir describing the Prophet’s pilgrimage: “He then went out through the gate to Safa; when he approached Safa he recited: ‘Indeed Safa and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah’ (Q. 2:158). ‘I begin with what Allah began with.’ He started with Safa, climbed it until he could see the House, faced the qibla, declared the oneness of Allah and magnified Him, saying: ‘La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir. La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu, anjaza wa’dahu wa nasara ‘abdahu wa hazama al-ahzab wahdah.’ He then prayed between these statements and repeated the formula three times…”. (3) Muslim, no. 1324/425, from Ibn ‘Umar: He taught that when the Messenger of Allah mounted his camel to set out on a journey he would pronounce the takbir three times and say: “Subhana alladhi sakhkhara lana hadha wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin wa inna ila Rabbina lamunqalibun. Allahumma inna nas’aluka fi safarina hadha al-birra wa al-taqwa wa mina al-‘amali ma tarda. Allahumma hawwin ‘alayna safarana hadha wa utwi ‘anna bu’dahu. Allahumma anta al-sahibu fi al-safari wa al-khalifatu fi al-ahli. Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min wa’tha’i al-safari wa ka’abati al-manzari wa su’i al-munqalabi fi al-mali wal-ahli.” On returning he would recite the same and add: “A’ibuna ta’ibuna ‘abiduna li-Rabbina hamidun.” (4) Among the reports is that narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah and al-Muhamili: the Prophet would leave for the ‘Id al-Fitr prayer uttering the takbir until he reached the musalla and completed the prayer; once the prayer was over he would cease the takbir. See al-Sahihah, no. 170.