Is the voluntary prayer in the Sacred Mosque better, or at home?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Is a woman’s prayer at home better, or in the Sacred Mosque?

The Shaykh : Voluntary prayer at home is better.

The questioner : He says: A woman’s prayer.

The Shaykh : Is voluntary prayer at home better, whether for men or for women? Yes, due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .
For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray voluntary prayers in his house. He is the one who said: “A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers anywhere else, except the Sacred Mosque.” Based on this, we say: If the call to prayer for the midday prayer is made and you are in your house in Makkah, intending to pray the midday prayer in the Sacred Mosque, the best thing is to pray the regular voluntary prayer for the midday prayer in your house, then go to the Sacred Mosque and pray the greeting of the mosque. Some scholars have held that the multiplication of prayer in the three mosques is specific to the multiplication of the obligatory prayer only, because that is what is performed in these mosques, whereas voluntary prayers do not have this multiplication. However, the correct view is that it is general, encompassing both the obligatory prayer and the voluntary prayer. But this does not mean that voluntary prayer in the Sacred Mosque, the Prophet’s Mosque, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque is better than praying it at home; rather, praying it at home is better. However, suppose—and this is the reality—that you entered the Sacred Mosque and prayed the greeting of the mosque.
Then the greeting of the mosque in the Sacred Mosque is like a hundred thousand greetings in other mosques. The greeting of the mosque in the Prophet’s Mosque is better than a thousand greetings anywhere else, except the Sacred Mosque. Likewise, if you come and enter the Sacred Mosque, pray the greeting of the mosque, and the time for the obligatory prayer has not yet arrived, and you remain to pray voluntary prayers, then this prayer is better than a thousand prayers anywhere except the Sacred Mosque.