وَعَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ
قَالَ: «صَلَّيْتُ خَلَفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ، فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الكْتِابِ فَقَالَ: «لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ»
‘I offered a funeral prayer led by Ibn Abbas He recited al-Fatihah and said, ‘You should know that it (reciting al-Fatihah) is a Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).’ Related by Al-Bukhari.’