English translation
1002. It was narrated from Mu'āwiyah bin Qurrah that his father said: "We were forbidden to form a row between two pillars at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and we would be repelled from them forcefully." (Hasan)
Hadith 1002
Prayer Between Two Pillars In A Row
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Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 1002 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 320
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Source no. 1002 · Volume 3 · Page 2
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح، التعليق على ابن خزيمة (١٥٦٧) ، صحيح أبي داود (٦٧٧) ، الصحيحة (٣٣٥) ، الثمر المستطاب
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1002 - حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، وَأَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: «كُنَّا نُنْهَى أَنْ نَصُفَّ بَيْنَ السَّوَارِي عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنُطْرَدُ عَنْهَا طَرْدًا»
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If the pillars in a mosque intervene between the worshippers' rows in a congregational prayer, the continuity of the row gets broken. That is why forming rows for prayers between the pillars is forbidden. If the prayer is not congregational, then there is no harm in standing between the pillars, since the people praying there are not forming a row that could get broken. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is known to have prayed standing between two pillars in the Sacred Ka'bah (Sahih Al-Bukhārī: 468)