How to Pray Upon the Dead

Authentic Supplications of the Prophet

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How to Pray Upon the Dead (157)

Talha bin `Abdullãh bin `Awf said: I offered the funeral prayer behind 'Ibn `Abbas

, and he recited 'Al-Fãtihah and said, "Such that you may know that it is a sunnah."

Reporters

Reported in Saheeh Al-Bukhari #419 in the book of funerals in Volume 2 of Muhammad Muhsin Khãn's translation.

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