The Hanafi sequence here has three extra takbeers in each rakat. The Shafi‘i method has seven extra in the first and five in the second, before recitation; the opening takbeer and the takbeer for standing into rakat two are excluded from those extra counts. Follow the imam's count and order when praying behind him. Shafi‘i guidance.

Abu Dawud 1151 reports seven and five, with recitation afterward; the displayed grading is hasan, al-Albani. Abu Dawud 1153 reports four takbeers in a comparison with the funeral prayer; the displayed grade is hasan sahih, al-Albani.

These numbers require interpretation about which takbeers are included. The Hanafi argument also draws on reports of Ibn Mas‘ud and other early Muslims, rather than treating the text of 1153 alone as an explicit modern step list. Darul Iftaa Chicago's evidence discussion.

Maliki and Hanbali teaching commonly counts six extra in the first rakat and five in the second, before recitation. See the takbeer comparison on pages 6–7 of the British Board of Scholars and Imams guidance. That document was written for the 2020 pandemic; its historical restrictions are not current attendance instructions. Recognised differences are not a reason to disrupt the congregation.