The Shaykh's comment on the issue of praying between the pillars.

The Shaykh: The prayer is the permissibility of that absolutely, then what does he say?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Its dislike for the followers.

The questioner: The permissibility of its dislike for the followers.

The Shaykh: The permissibility of that absolutely, that is his statement.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Its dislike for the followers, he knows what he is saying, he is being deceptive with the readers, he means the permissibility of that absolutely for other than the followers, and its dislike for the followers.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: I mean, the imam, here, if he prays between two pillars, or a person prays between two pillars.

The questioner: I caught up, O our Shaykh, I caught up.

The Shaykh: So there is nothing.

The questioner: Because, my Shaykh, some of them use as evidence the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) inside the Ka'bah between two pillars.

The Shaykh: This is required, you look at these narrations after this deceptive trickery, this is number one, look at this narration, is it a proof for him or against him? Al-Tirmidhi said in his Jami' after the hadith number two hundred and so on: "And some of the people of knowledge disliked arranging the row between the pillars, and this is the statement of Ahmad and Ishaq, and some of the people of knowledge permitted it." Okay.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: So, is there a disagreement in this issue?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Where is the majority who wants to say that the majority says there is no dislike?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Number two, Malik said: "There is no harm in the rows between the pillars if the mosque is narrow."

The questioner : Glory be to Allah.

The Shaykh: So there is harm.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Okay, is this text for him or against him? Al-Muhibb al-Tabari said, as transmitted by Ibn Hajar: "Some disliked the row between the pillars due to the prohibition reported regarding it, and the place of dislike in their view is the absence of narrowness, and the wisdom in it is either the breaking of the row or because it is the place of the sandals."

The questioner: Also...

The Shaykh: No problem, but he is transmitting the dislike.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Among the scholars.
Number four, al-Baghawi said after the hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) between two pillars: "In it is evidence for the permissibility of praying between two pillars, and this is the statement of the majority of the people of knowledge, and some disliked the row between the pillars, and this is the statement of Ahmad and Ishaq, due to what was narrated from 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Mahmud." He mentioned the hadith of Anas regarding the prohibition of praying between the pillars. Ibn al-'Arabi said: "Either because of the breaking of the row, which is the intended meaning of the heading, meaning the heading of al-Tirmidhi, or because it is the place where sandals are gathered, and the first is more likely." I mean, why is there dislike? Because the row is broken, or because it is the place where sandals are placed. He said the first is more likely because the second is a later development, meaning placing sandals between the pillars; they used to pray in their sandals.

The questioner: Correct.

The Shaykh: "And there is no disagreement regarding its permissibility in the case of narrowness."

The questioner: And this is not our discussion.

The Shaykh: It is not our discussion. "And as for with spaciousness, it is disliked for the congregation, and as for the individual, there is no harm with it, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in the Ka'bah between its pillars." And so are all the narrations. "The pillars, and it is disliked for the followers because it breaks their rows, and Ibn Mas'ud and al-Nakha'i disliked it, and it was narrated from Hudhayfah and Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn Sirin, Malik, the people of opinion, and Ibn al-Mundhir permitted it because there is no evidence for the prohibition, and we have what was narrated from Mu'awiyah ibn Qarrah from his father who said: "And he mentioned the hadith, yes, indeed." And because it breaks the row, if the row is small, the size of the space between the two pillars, the size of the space between the two pillars, it is not disliked because it does not break, and this is what we say." In summary, deception upon deception, Allah is the Greatest, upon...