English translation
505. Narrated Nāfi': 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar said, "Allāh's Messenger entered the Ka'bah along with Usāma bin Zaid, Bilāl and 'Uthmān bin Talha Al-Hajabi (i.e., the one who keeps the key of the gate of the Ka'bah and is considered as a servant of the Ka'bah), and closed the door and stayed there for some time. I asked Bilāl when he came out, 'What did the Prophet ﷺ do?' He replied, 'He offered Ṣalāt (prayer) with one pillar to his left and one to his right and three behind.' In those days the Ka'bah was supported by six pillars." Mālik said: "There were two pillars on his (the Prophet's) right side."
