If a woman is in Makkah, is her prayer in the hotel better than her prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram?

The questioner : The questioner asks, saying: In the hadith it is stated: ; so if a woman is in Makkah, is her prayer in the hotel better than her prayer in al-Haram?

The Shaykh : Yes, it is clear in the affirmative, and that is that a woman’s prayer, wherever she is, in whatever country she resides, even if she is in Makkah, or in al-Madinah, or in Bayt al-Maqdis, her prayer in her home is better for her than her prayer in the mosque. The same applies to a man regarding voluntary prayers; it is better for him to pray these voluntary prayers in his home and not in the mosque, even if it is al-Masjid al-Haram. This is for two pieces of evidence:
The first is the generality of his statement (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of standing in prayer during Ramadan, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in prayer on the first, second, and third nights, as is known in detail. Then they gathered on the fourth night, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not come out until some of the heedless people pelted his door with pebbles. He came out to them angry and said to them: . His statement (peace and blessings be upon him): includes every voluntary prayer, and it also includes every obligatory prayer. This is the first piece of evidence, and as we mentioned at the beginning of the answer, it is from the category of arguing with a general text, .
The second piece of evidence is specific to the Prophet’s mosque (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). When a man from the Companions came to him and asked him a question similar to this one: Should I pray the voluntary prayer in the mosque or in the home? He said to him (peace be upon him): . After we have known the answer regarding the woman, and we have appended to it the answer to a matter that may come to the mind of some people regarding the voluntary prayer, I draw attention to the fact that if one is in a country that has a special virtue, such as al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Nabawi, and al-Masjid al-Aqsa, then the woman’s prayer of the obligatory prayer in her home, and the man’s prayer of the voluntary prayer in his home, or in any place where he is, does not mean anything other than that it is better than if he or she prayed it in al-Masjid al-Haram, or in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, or in al-Masjid al-Aqsa. In the sense that, as you know from his statement (peace be upon him) in "Sahih Muslim": , it came in another hadith, not in the authentic collections, but it is also established in "Sahih Ibn Hibban" and others: . If a man prays the voluntary prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram, it is worth a hundred thousand prayers. If a woman prays in this mosque, her prayer is worth a hundred thousand prayers. But if a man prays the voluntary prayer in his home, and a woman prays her obligatory prayer in her home, then the prayer of each of them is worth a hundred thousand prayers and more. So the prayer of each of them is worth a hundred thousand prayers and more. This is the meaning of preferring the woman’s prayer in her home and the man’s voluntary prayer in his home.
This is the answer to the question mentioned.