Visiting the Holy City of Madinah and the prescribed places therein

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if one visits the Holy City of Madinah, what are the places that it is obligatory for him to visit? Is prayer specifically designated for the Rawdah, and for a mosque where one prays for a specific fee?

Answer:
It is not obligatory to visit anything, but it is recommended to visit the Prophet’s Mosque. Prayer in it is worth a hundred thousand prayers, and prayer in the Rawdah has a special merit, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) It is recommended to pray in the Rawdah if it is possible. It is also recommended to visit Quba Mosque and pray in it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to visit it and pray in it every Saturday, walking to it, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
As for anything other than the Prophet’s Mosque and Quba Mosque in Madinah, visiting any of the other mosques is not prescribed. There is no evidence for that, so it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). These are the mosques of the seven, the mosque of the two qiblas, and the mosque of answered prayers. They have now given them names and promoted to the people that they should be visited. This is a bid'ah, and one does not know. There is no mosque in Madinah that is to be visited except the Prophet’s Mosque and Quba Mosque only, for the purpose of praying in them. Anything other than these is like any other mosque; it is not singled out for visitation nor for specific prayer. However, if you happen to be near it when it is time for prayer, pray in it. But if you specifically intend to go to it in order to pray in it, that is a blameworthy bid'ah. Yes.