مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Funerals
(سُنَّةُ قِرَاءَةِ سُورَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي صَلَاةِ الجِنَازَةِ)
(The Sunnah of reciting Surah Al-Fatiha in the funeral prayer)
Hadith 1654
وَعَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ: لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Talha b. ‘Abdallah b. ‘Auf said he prayed behind Ibn ‘Abbas at a funeral and he recited Fatihat al-Kltab (Qur'an, sura i). He then said that it was to let them know it was a sunna. Bukhari transmitted it.
