Traveling to Mosques Other Than the Three

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, it is reported in the hadith: "Do not travel except to three mosques." Does this include traveling to mosques that are smaller than the size of the Qasr?

The Shaykh:
No, you do not intend specific mosques. The mosques are all equal; they are all the same. All the mosques in the town are equal. So do not go to a mosque thinking that it has a virtue that the other mosques in the town do not have. This is what the evidence indicates. All mosques, except for the three, are equal. Pray in the mosque where the time for prayer comes while you are in it; pray in it. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Unless there is a reason. You go to the mosque for a reason, such as seeking knowledge where there is teaching, so you go for the sake of the teaching. Or a mosque with a larger congregation, so you go for the virtue of the increased congregation. This is two mosques. Yes.