Muwatta Malik #429
Shortening the Prayer
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."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #429 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Shortening the Prayer. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.