(93) باب الصَّلَاةِ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ
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." (ID)
Reference (ID): Sunan Abi Dawud 2024 (ID)
In-book reference (ID): Book 11, Hadith 304 (ID)
English translation (ID): Book 10, Hadith 2019 (ID)