Chapter on the Prayer of the Two Eids

And from him, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Zurarah, said: I asked Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about the Takbir during the Days of Tashriq after the prayers. Imam عليه السلام said: “The Takbir in Mina is after fifteen prayers, and in the other cities (amsar), it is after ten prayers. The first of the Takbir is after the Dhuhr prayer on the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr). You say in it; ‘Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest for what He has guided us to, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest for what He has provided us from the beast of cattle.’ And the reason the Takbir was made for ten prayers in the other cities (amsar), is that when the people depart in the first departure (al-nafr al-awwal), the people of the cities cease from the Takbir, while the people of Mina continue to proclaim the Takbir as long as they remain in Mina, until the final departure (al-nafr al-akhir).”