Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 229
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ هَانِئِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ الْمُرَادِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ، قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ أَمِيرٍ مِنَ الأُمَرَاءِ فَاضْطَرَّنَا النَّاسُ فَصَلَّيْنَا بَيْنَ السَّارِيَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ كُنَّا نَتَّقِي هَذَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَقَدْ كَرِهَ قَوْمٌ مَنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُصَفَّ بَيْنَ السَّوَارِي . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي ذَلِكَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Yahya ibn Hani ibn Urwah al-Muradi, from Abd al-Hamid ibn Mahmud, who said: We prayed behind one of the governors, and the crowd pressed us so that we prayed between two columns. When we had finished, Anas ibn Malik said: ‘We used to avoid this in the time of the Messenger of Allah.’
A report on this subject is also related from Qurrah ibn Iyas al-Muzani. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Anas is hasan. Some scholars disliked forming prayer rows between columns; this was the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Other scholars allowed it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report describes praying between columns because the congregation was pressed by the crowd; the commentary records differing legal views.