Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1654

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ: لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

Translation

Talha ibn Abdullah ibn Awf reported: I prayed behind Ibn Abbas at a funeral, and he recited the Opening of the Book. He said, ‘I did this so that you would know it is a Sunnah.’ Al-Bukhari transmitted it.