Hadith #170
Chapter: The Book of Funerals
The Book of Funerals
Arabic Text
أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاس
ٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ وَجَهَرَ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَنَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سُنَّةٌ وَحَقٌّ .
Isnad Chain
الهيثم بن أيوب
إبراهيم، - وهو ابن سعد
طلحة بن عبد الله بن عوف
English Translation
Talhah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that "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
Grading
Quran References
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i, The Book of Funerals, Hadith 170
Sunnah.com ref: nasai:2071
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-26495