The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Malik through a different chain of narrators. He ("Abd Al Rahman bin Mahdi) did not mention the words "pillars" . This version adds "He then prayed and there was a distance of three cubits between him and the qiblah."
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2024 In-book : Book 11, Hadith 304 English translation : Book 10, Hadith 2019
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