What is the ruling on visiting the seven mosques in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, and the Cave of Hira?

Question:
He calls for visiting the Mosque of the Two Qiblas and the seven mosques in the Prophet’s City. What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, and what is your opinion regarding climbing Mount Nur just to look at the Cave of Hira?

Answer:
These are all religious innovations (bid'ah) for which Allah has sent down no authority. Neither the seven mosques nor the Mosque of the Two Qiblas are to be visited; visiting them is an innovation. However, if the time for prayer comes, one prays in the mosque called the Mosque of the Two Qiblas, or the One Qibla. Praise be to Allah, the qiblah is toward the Ka'bah. The qiblah of the Muslims is toward the Ka'bah; there are not two qiblas. All other mosques have one qibla, which is toward the Ka'bah.
If the time for prayer comes, he prays in it. But if he visits it and believes that there is virtue in visiting it or praying in it, that is an innovation and not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . It is not permissible to go to Mount Nur or to climb the mountain. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not go to it after the revelation, and the Companions did not go to Mount Nur afterwards. They did not go there. This was the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions; they did not go to Mount Nur, nor to Mount Thawr, nor to any other place where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sat. They did not go to these places because going to them is an innovation, and it leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah). This is because one may exalt them and seek blessing (tabarruk) from them, so this leads to shirk. The religion came with blocking the means (sadd al-dhara'i') that lead to shirk. It is obligatory to leave these matters and forbid them, and to warn against them. The seven mosques have no basis; they have no basis. The innovators (mubtadi') invented them. They have no basis, and no one prays in them. They have no houses, and they have no congregation. They are newly invented mosques, with no virtue or distinction. They are not congregational mosques with houses where people pray in them. Therefore, they are newly invented, and they must be demolished and removed.