Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)

65- بَابُ قِرَاءَةِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ:

(65) Chapter. The recitation of Surat-al-Fatiha in the funeral Salat.

1 hadith · references 1335–1335

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Bukhari · 1335حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ , حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ , قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، ح حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كI offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn 'Abbas and he recited Al-Fatiha and said, "You should know that it (i.e. recitation of Al-Fatiha) is the tradition of the Prophet (ﷺ) Muhammad.11 narrators·parallel chain