I offered the Friday prayer along with Anas ibn Malik. We were pushed to the pillars (due to the crowd of people). We, therefore, stopped forward and backward. Anas then said: We used to avoid it (setting a row between the pillars) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 673 In-book : Book 2, Hadith 283 English translation : Book 2, Hadith 673
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