(39) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ
Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf narrated:
"Ibn Abbas performed Salat for a funeral and he recited Fatihatil-Kitab. So I asked him about it and he said: 'It is from the Sunnah' or, 'From the completeness of the Sunnah.'" (AR)
Reference (AR): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1027 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 10, Hadith 63 (AR)
English translation (AR): Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1027 (AR)