حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ شَيْخٍ بِمَكَّةَ فَكَبَّرَ فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ شَيْخٍ أَحْمَقَ فَكَبَّرَ فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ تِلْكَ سُنَّةُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2656
It was narrated that 'Ikrimah said: I prayed behind an old man in Makkah and he said twenty two takbeers in Z uhr prayer. I came to Ibn 'Abbas and said: I prayed behind a foolish old man; he said takbeer twenty two times in Zuhr prayer. He said: May your mother be bereft of you! That is the Sunnah of Abul-Qasim (RA).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020