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Bulugh al-Maram: Hadith 211

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Bulugh al-Maram
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: { كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا وَيَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ اَلْكِتَابِ فِي اَلتَّكْبِيرَةِ اَلْأُولَى } رَوَاهُ اَلشَّافِعِيُّ بِإِسْنَادٍ ضَعِيفٍ 1‏ .‏
Jabir (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say four Takbirat over the dead, and would recite al-Fatihah in (after saying) the first (opening) Takbirat.' Related by Ash-Shafi'i with a weak chain of narrators.
Reference: Bulugh al-Maram 563
In-book : Book 3, Hadith 31
English translation : Book 3, Hadith 587