21/77. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 1987 — Reciting Fatihah in Janazah
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Reciting Al-Fatihah in Funeral Prayer
Sunan an-Nasai : 1987
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 1987
أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَجَهَرَ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَنَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ .
Talhah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Awf Narrated from:
I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn 'Abbas. He recited Fatihat Al-Kitab and a Surah, which he recited loudly, such that we could hear him. When he finished I took him by the hand and asked him. He said: '(It is) Sunnah and the truth.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1987In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 170English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1989
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 1987
This Hadith is about reciting Fatihat Al-Kitab in funeral prayer. Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf said that he offered the Janazah prayer behind Ibn Abbas. Ibn Abbas recited Al-Fatihah and a Surah loudly enough for the people behind him to hear. After the prayer, Talhah asked him about it. Ibn Abbas answered that it was Sunnah and the truth. The report is useful for people searching for a hadith about reciting Al-Fatihah in Janazah prayer because it gives a clear example from Ibn Abbas and includes his direct explanation of the practice. The focus of the narration is the recitation heard in the funeral prayer.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ibn Abbas recited Al-Fatihah during the funeral prayer.
- He also recited a Surah in this narration.
- The recitation was loud enough for those behind him to hear.
- Ibn Abbas described the practice as Sunnah and truth.
