Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) was keen to pray at the place where the muṣḥaf was kept, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ was keen to pray in that same place; and there was, between the pulpit and the qiblah wall, a gap through which a sheep could pass. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 289