Hazrat Ata says that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited the takbeers thirteen times in the Eid prayer: seven times in the first rak'ah and six times in the second rak'ah.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that Hazrat Abu Hurairah said seven takbeers in the first rak'ah and five takbeers in the second rak'ah; all of them were before the recitation.

Hazrat Ata states that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) pronounced seven takbirs in the first rak'ah of the Eid prayer including the takbir-e-tahrima, and six takbirs in the second rak'ah including the takbir for ruku; all these additional takbirs were before the recitation.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Walid bin Uqbah invited Ibn Mas’ud, Abu Mas’ud, Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them), and Abu Musa Ash’ari on the night of Eid and asked them,“Tomorrow is Eid, how should the Takbirs be recited?”Abdullah (Ibn Mas’ud) replied,“You should say four Takbirs in standing (qiyam), then recite Surah Al-Fatihah and any surah from the Mufassal which is neither too long nor too short, then perform ruku’. Then, in the standing (qiyam), recite (again), and when you finish the recitation, say four Takbirs, and on the fourth Takbir, go into ruku’.”

Kurdoos narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Aas, at the beginning of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, called Hazrat Abdullah, Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), Hazrat Abu Masood Ansari, and Hazrat Abu Musa Ashari and asked them about the Takbeerat of Eid. All of them entrusted this matter to Hazrat Abdullah, so he said: Say Takbeer while standing, then say Takbeer, then say Takbeer, then after saying Takbeer, recite (Qira'at), then say Takbeer and go into Ruku, then in the next Rak'ah, after standing up, recite (Qira'at), then say Takbeer, then say Takbeer, then say Takbeer, then after saying Takbeer, go into Ruku.

Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib say that there are a total of nine takbeers. Also, the recitation of both rak'ahs will be combined and the prayer will be performed.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Harith narrates that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) led us in the Eid prayer with nine takbeers: five takbeers in the first rak'ah and four in the second rak'ah, and he combined both recitations.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that Ziyad sent a message to Masruq and called him, and said, "We have many tasks, please tell us about the Takbeerat of Eid." He replied, "There are nine Takbeerat in Eid: five in the first rak'ah and four in the second rak'ah. Join the recitations of both, that is, there should be no extra Takbeer between the two recitations."

Ibrahim narrates that Hazrat Aswad and Hazrat Masruq used to say nine takbeers in the Eid prayer.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin states that Hazrat Anas used to say nine takbirs in Eid. Then he narrated a hadith similar to that of Hazrat Abdullah.