The space between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the wall was just wide enough for a sheep to pass through.
حدثنا مخلد بن خالد حدثنا أبو عاصم عن يزيد بن أبي عبيد
كان بين منبر رسول الله ﷺ وبين الحائط كقدر ممر الشاة
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ReferenceBukhari narrated it in the Book of Prayer, chapter, "How much distance should there be between the one praying and the sutrah?" (Hadith 497), and Muslim in the Book of Prayer, chapter, "The closeness of the one praying to the sutrah" (Hadith 509), from the hadith of Yazid bin Abu Ubayd, with this chain.