Muwatta' MaalikBook 9: Shortening the Prayer › Section 24: Prayer in General

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Book 9, Number 9.24.96:

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab set aside an area near the mosque called al-Butayha and said, "Whoever wishes to talk nonsense or recite poetry or raise his voice should go to that area."