8. Ṣalāh (Ritual Prayer)

٨۔ كتاب الصلاة

8.91 What should be the distance between the person offering Salat (prayer) and the Sutra?

٨۔٩١ باب قَدْرِ كَمْ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُصَلِّي وَالسُّتْرَةِ

bukhari:496ʿAmr b. Zurārah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Sahl

The distance between the Musalla of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass through .  

البخاري:٤٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بَيْنَ مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ مَمَرُّ الشَّاةِ  

bukhari:497al-Makkī > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

The distance between the wall of the mosque and the pulpit was hardly enough for a sheep to pass through.  

البخاري:٤٩٧حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ جِدَارُ الْمَسْجِدِ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ مَا كَادَتِ الشَّاةُ تَجُوزُهَا