Is prayer in the areas surrounding the Haram equivalent to prayer in the Haram?

Question:
Is prayer in al-'Aziziyah and its surroundings, which are within the boundaries of the Haram, equivalent to prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram?

Answer:
Al-Masjid al-Haram encompasses the entire Haram. Everything within the miles, everything where hunting is forbidden and where picking up lost items is forbidden, is all part of the Haram. Prayer and acts of worship are multiplied in reward there. This is an important matter that people need today.
Today, people crowd each other in al-Masjid al-Haram during Hajj for the five daily prayers, and they crowd each other in Ramadan. Some fight, and some suffer harm or break bones or face danger. This is not permissible. It is not permissible, my brother. Praise be to Allah, you can perform 'Umrah and return to your country. If you want to stay in Makkah, you can go to al-'Aziziyah or any other place and sit there. You are in the Haram, and you can pray in the mosques of Makkah. You will have reward with Allah the Exalted. You are in the Haram, so do not bother people, do not make things difficult for yourself, and do not expose yourself to danger.
All of Makkah, praise be to Allah, is equal in reward. If people were to adopt this, they would be at ease. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah during the Farewell Pilgrimage on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah. He performed 'Umrah, he performed the Tawaf of Ifadah, and he performed the Tawaf of Arrival. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Tawaf of Arrival because he had combined his Hajj and 'Umrah. He performed the Tawaf of Arrival along with the Companions who had not brought sacrificial animals. They broke their Hajj into 'Umrah and became those performing Tamattu'. Those who had sacrificial animals with them remained in their state of Ihram and became those combining Hajj and 'Umrah with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to al-Abtah and stayed there. He did not go to al-Masjid al-Haram for all the days of his stay. While he was in al-Abtah, he did not go to al-Masjid al-Haram except for Tawaf only. You are making things difficult for yourself. To seek the good of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the scholars we know, our Shaykhs, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim and Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz, did not go to pray Ramadan in the Haram. They prayed in the mosques in al-'Aziziyah or in al-Shishah, to make things easy for people. Shaykh Ibn Hamid was likewise; he did not go except for the lesson, otherwise he would go and pray in the mosque of al-'Aziziyah near his house. This provides ease for a person and for his Muslim brothers, and it removes hardship. I wish people would pay attention to this matter. Yes.