Hadith 32

Bulugh al-Maram

Book 3: Funerals

Chapter 1

Bulugh al-Maram 564
وَعَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: { صَلَّيْتُ خَلَفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ, فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الكْتِابِ فَقَالَ: } رَوَاهُ اَلْبُخَارِيُّ 1‏ .‏
"لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ"
Talhah bin ‘AbduIlah bin ‘Auf (RAA) narrated, ‘I offered a funeral prayer led by Ibn ‘Abbas. He recited al-Fatihah and said, ‘You should know that it (reciting al-Fatihah) is a Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ).’ Related by Al-Bukhari.