Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
tabarani:14153al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī al-Ashjaʿī > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Muzanī from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said, "He (the Prophet) performed takbir (recited Allahu Akbar) five times upon the Negus (ruler of Abyssinia)."  

الطبراني:١٤١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كَبَّرَ عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ خَمْسًا»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:1506Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī al-Rāfiʿī > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh from his father from his grandfather

It was narrated from Kathir bin ‘Abdullah, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the Takbir five times.  

ابن ماجة:١٥٠٦حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الرَّافِعِيُّ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَبَّرَ خَمْسًا  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ اسْمِ هَذَا الْمُتَوَفَّى الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ فِي بَلَدِهِ

ibnhibban:3100Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī Bi-al-Baṣrah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for Najashi and said four Takbir. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1538)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا»