‘ O you who believe! Respond to All?h ( - عز وجل -) ( by obeying Him) and His Messenger when he calls you to that which will give you life’. (1)
[4/ 64] Abandoning reciting Takb?r loudly while going to the Musall?:
Az-Zuhr? related that the prophet ( - ) used to go on the Eidul Fitr to the Musall? reciting Takb?r till he ( - ) does the Sal?t. When the Sal?t is over he would cease reciting Takb?r. (2)
‘The aforementioned had?th affirms the legality of that which muslims have been practicing of reciting Takb?r loudly while going to the Musall?. Regretfully, this Sunnah is being ignored by many till it is about to disappear. And this is due to the weakness of their beliefs and their feeling of embarrassment when calling to the Sunnah and practicing it publicly. Some of these people are even of those who teach others religion. They only teach them what they already know!! And ignore discussing such important and necessary matters which they consider as something trivial and must be avoided. Indeed, to All?h ( - عز وجل -) we belong and to Him we shall return.
It is worth mentioning here,
[5/ 64] The illegality of reciting Takb?r in congregation, as some people do, just like any other Thikr -whether recited secretly or loudly. Reciting ’Ath?n in such a manner -as happens in Damascus and is called “Al-J?q ’Ath?n”- is also prohibited for grievous mistakes are committed when doing that such as: stopping after words “l? Il?ha” [there is no Il?h] when reciting Tahl?l in the dawn and sunset ’Ath?n -as happened more than once.
(1) S?rat “Al-Anf?l” (verse no. 24).
(2) Narrated by: Ibn Ab? Shaibah in his “Musannaf” (vol. 2 / p. 165) and Al-Friy?b? in “Ahk?mul Eidain” (no. 59). Its chain of narrators is authentic though it is Mursal; however, there is a supporting connected narration narrated by Al-Baihaq? in his “As-Sunnan Al-Kubr?” (vol. 3 / p. 279). See also: “Silsilat Al-Ah?d?th As-Sah?hah” (no. 171).