Saying “Allahu Akbar” in groups during Eid

17-2-2004 | IslamWeb

Question:

I need you to help me with evidence why Takbirat Jamaiiya on Eid is Bida’a.

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Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

 

Saying Takbeerat “Allahu Akbar” together in groups in Eid is not Bida’a (innovation). It is rather Sunnah.

Al-Bukhari recorded: "During Umar's stay at Mina, he would say Takbirat in his tent [so loud] that the people in the mosque would hear it and then they would start doing it also and the people in the market place would do the same and all of Mina would resound with the Takbirat, and Al Bukhari reported that Ibn Umar and Abu Hurairah used to go to the market during the ten days of Dhil Hijjah and say Takbirat loudly, and the people used to follow them saying Takbeerat with them.

Allah knows best.