I prayed behind a Sheikh at Mecca and he said twenty two Takbirs (during the prayer). I told Ibn ʿAbbas that he (i.e. that Sheikh) was foolish. Ibn ʿAbbas admonished me and said, "This is the tradition of Abul-Qasim."
صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ شَيْخٍ بِمَكَّةَ فَكَبَّرَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً فَقُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّهُ أَحْمَقُ فَقَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ سُنَّةُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ وَقَالَ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ