Prayer Between the Pillars of the Mosque

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade prayer between the pillars, but as we see in the Haram, most of the rows are between the pillars. Is it permissible to pray between these pillars? And may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : First, I demand that this questioner prove that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade prayer between the pillars. Where is the questioner? Yes, you prove this to us. No, prove this to us, and do not say, "The Messenger said to you until the next night, if Allah wills, stay up tonight and tomorrow seek this hadith." It is not a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as far as we know, . Perhaps our brother has knowledge of it, so let him share it with us. But the Companions were eager for the rows to be between the pillars, meaning they were eager for the rows to be between the pillars, because that breaks the row, and what is required is that the Muslims be in one row. But unfortunately, we see in the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque that the rows are broken, five or six on one side and five or six on another side, and so on, despite the fact that the imams, may Allah reward them with good, urge the people, saying, "Straighten your rows." Straightening the rows does not mean making them equal in height, but straightening them so that they are straight as required. And unfortunately, most people do not care about this, even though straightening the rows is from what?
From the completion of the prayer. But if it were the case that there is a mosque filled with worshippers, and the worshippers did not find a place to stand except between the pillars, then there is no harm in that; it is permissible and there is no harm. This is due to need. Yes.