21/77. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 1988 — Al-Fatihah in Funeral Prayer
Supplication
Al-Fatihah in Janazah Prayer Is Sunnah
Sunan an-Nasai : 1988
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 1988
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ، بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ تَقْرَأُ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّهُ حَقٌّ وَسُنَّةٌ .
Talhah bin 'Abdullah Narrated from:
I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn 'Abbas and I heard him reciting Fatihat Al-Kitab. When he finished I took him by the hand and asked him. 'Did you recite?' He said: 'Yes, it is the truth and the Sunnah.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1988In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 171English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1990
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 1988
This Hadith gives another report about Al-Fatihah in funeral prayer. Talhah bin Abdullah said that he prayed behind Ibn Abbas in a Janazah prayer and heard him reciting Fatihat Al-Kitab. After the prayer, Talhah took him by the hand and asked whether he had recited. Ibn Abbas replied yes, and said that it was the truth and the Sunnah. The narration is short and focused. It does not add extra details beyond the act of reciting and Ibn Abbas’s answer. For readers searching for Janazah prayer recitation hadith, this report shows that Ibn Abbas openly confirmed reciting Al-Fatihah in the funeral prayer.
What we learn from this hadith
- Al-Fatihah was recited in the funeral prayer in this report.
- Talhah heard the recitation and asked Ibn Abbas about it.
- Ibn Abbas confirmed that he recited.
- He described it as truth and Sunnah.
