The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said twelve takbirs in the Eid prayer: seven in the first rak'ah and five in the second rak'ah.

Abu Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who was a companion of Abu Huraira, narrates: I was with Saeed bin Aas. He invited Abu Musa Ash'ari and Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked them about the Takbeerat of the two Eids. Abu Musa said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say four Takbeers in the Eid prayers, just like in the funeral prayer. Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) confirmed this. Abu Musa said that when I was the governor of Basra, I also used to lead the Eid prayer in the same manner. Abu Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I was present in that gathering and I remember Abu Musa's statement very well: Four Takbeers, just like in the funeral prayer.

Hazrat Mak’hool narrates that a person who had seen Sa’eed bin Aas told me that once Sa’eed bin Aas called four of those companions who had pledged allegiance under the tree (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Sa’eed bin Aas asked them about the Eid takbeers, so they informed him that there are eight takbeers. The narrator says that I mentioned this to Ibn Sireen, so he said that they spoke correctly, except that they omitted the takbeer-e-tahreema.

Hazrat Masruq says that Hazrat Abdullah used to teach us nine takbeers for the Eid prayers: five in the first rak'ah and four in the second rak'ah. He used to join the recitations of both.

Hazrat Sha'bi narrates that Hazrat Abdullah used to say nine takbeers for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha: five in the first rak'ah and four in the second, and he used to join the recitations of both.

5820 - (W) (1) From Isma'il, from al-Sha'bi, from Abdullah, that he used to say the takbir in Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha nine times: five in the first (rak'ah) and four in the last, and he would join between the two recitations (2).

5821 - Waki‘ narrated to us from Sufyan from Abu Ishaq from ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Musa (1).

5822 - From Hammad, from Ibrahim, that a governor from the governors of Kufa said—Sufyan, one of them said: Sa'id ibn al-As, and the other said: al-Walid ibn 'Uqbah—sent to 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, and 'Abd Allah ibn Qays and said: "This 'Eid has arrived, so what do you think?" They referred the matter to 'Abd Allah, who said: "He says takbir nine times: a takbir to open the prayer, then three takbirs, then he recites a surah, then he says takbir, then he bows, then he stands and recites a surah, then he says four takbirs, bowing with one of them."

Hazrat Harith narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say eleven takbeers in the Eid al-Fitr prayer: six in the first rak'ah and five in the second rak'ah. He would begin both rak'ahs with recitation. In Eid al-Adha, he used to say five takbeers: three in the first rak'ah and two in the last rak'ah. He would begin both rak'ahs with recitation.

Hazrat Ata says that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say the takbeer thirteen times.