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tabarani:10809 – al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwf > Ṣallayt Maʿ Ibn ʿAbbās > Janāzah Faqaraʾ Fātiḥah al-Kitāb > Lah

I prayed over a dead person along with Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Surat al-Fatihah and he said: This is the Sunnah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3198)

الطبراني:١٠٨٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ §صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ

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abudawud:3198 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwf > Ṣallayt Maʿ Ibn ʿAbbās > Janāzah Faqaraʾ Bifātiḥah al-Kitāb

I prayed over a dead person along with Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Surat al-Fatihah and he said: This is the Sunnah.

أبو داود:٣١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ

tirmidhi:1027 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAwf > Ibn ʿAbbās Ṣallá > Janāzah Faqaraʾ Bifātiḥah al-Kitāb > Lah

"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.'"

الترمذي:١٠٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَوْ مِنْ تَمَامِ السُّنَّةِ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ يَخْتَارُونَ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ بَعْدَ التَّكْبِيرَةِ الأُولَى وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ يُقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَنَاءٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَالصَّلاَةُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالدُّعَاءُ لِلْمَيِّتِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَطَلْحَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ هُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ رَوَى عَنْهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ

hakim:1425 – Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Wāʿiẓ Bibukhārá > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mubashhir al-Wāsiṭī > Aḥmad b. Sinān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwf > Ṣallá Ibn ʿAbbās > Jināzah Faqaraʾ Bifātiḥah al-Kitāb > Lah

"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.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1027)

الحاكم:١٤٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْوَاعِظُ بِبُخَارَى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُبَشِّرٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ صَلَّى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَوْ مِنْ تَمَامِ السُّنَّةِ

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»