What is the ruling on traveling to other than the three mosques?

The questioner : The hadith "Do not travel except to..." when the questioner is not present, does it indicate permission or does it mean he is speaking about the permissibility?

The Shaykh : I know Shuzish.

The questioner : Or does it indicate something in...

The Shaykh : No, I do not think it indicates virtue. And as I told you, traveling to the Sacred Mosque is a pillar of Islam. But the point to consider now is that some people, some scholars, say it is permissible to travel to visit graves, and they say the hadith does not indicate prohibition, because his saying means do not travel to any of the mosques except these mosques. But we say now: is the excluded item omitted or not omitted? It is omitted, so the exception is from the most general of cases.
If it is from the most general of cases, it includes everything. So if the objector objects and says, what about one who travels to visit a relative, or to seek knowledge, or for trade? We say: No, this is not required of us, because the one who travels to visit a relative intends the closeness through the visit, not the place itself. And it is known that a person travels to visit a relative, for trade, or to see and inspect some of the historical sites, but he does not intend to worship by reaching that place.