Prayers (Salat)
8/95. Chapter:
To offer As-Salat (the prayer) facing a pillar
وَقَالَ عُمَرُ الْمُصَلُّونَ أَحَقُّ بِالسَّوَارِي مِنَ الْمُتَحَدِّثِينَ إِلَيْهَا. وَرَأَى عُمَرُ رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي بَيْنَ أُسْطُوَانَتَيْنِ فَأَدْنَاهُ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ فَقَالَ صَلِّ إِلَيْهَا.‘Umar said, “The people offering As-Salat (the prayer) have got more right to pray behind the pillars of the mosque than those who are talking.” When ‘Umar saw a person Salat (prayer) between two pillars, he brought him close to a pillar and told him to pray behind it.
Sahih Bukhari
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ كِبَارَ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَبْتَدِرُونَ السَّوَارِيَ عِنْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ. وَزَادَ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَنَسٍ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Narrated Anas: I saw the most famous people amongst the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) hurrying towards the pillars at the Maghrib prayer before the Prophet (ﷺ) came for the prayer.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 503In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 150USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 9, Hadith 482