Issue: The outskirts of the Haram do not have the ruling of the mosque regarding the reward of prayer
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Regarding prayer inside the Makkah Haram, does a person receive the same reward he gets inside the Haram if he prays in the outskirts of Makkah?
The correct view in this issue is that a person does not receive the reward if he prays in the mosques of Makkah other than al-Masjid al-Haram;Because the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (A prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram is worth a hundred thousand prayers in any other place) this refers to the mosque of the Ka'bah, for it is established in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the mosque of the Ka'bah), and this is an explicit text.
And Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said: [Al-Isra: 1] And he was taken in a journey from al-Hijr, the Hijr of the Ka'bah, which is the short northern wall.
Therefore: Al-Masjid al-Haram is: Al-Masjid al-Haram is: the mosque of the Ka'bah,And he said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him: (Do not travel for prayer except to three mosques: Al-Masjid al-Haram.
) This is the hadith, so what is your opinion if you traveled to a mosque in (Al-Aziziyah) in Makkah?! Is it permissible or not?! It is not permissible.
Therefore: Al-Masjid al-Haram in which a prayer is worth a hundred thousand prayers; it is the al-Masjid al-Haram to which one travels.
But we say: There is no doubt that prayer in the Haram, and not just in Makkah, but in the surrounding Haram, which is all the boundaries of the Haram, there is no doubt that prayer in it is better than prayer in al-Hil, there is no doubt about this,For example: Now, Muzdalifah is Haram, and Mina is Haram, so likewise everything around Makkah is considered all Haram, so prayer in this Haram is better than prayer in al-Hil,And the evidence for that is: That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was staying at al-Hudaybiyyah, and al-Hudaybiyyah was partly in al-Hil and partly in the Haram, so he was staying in al-Hil; but he used to pray inside the Haram,Meaning: He would move from al-Hil to the Haram and pray in it, so he stayed in al-Hil; because it is more spacious for a person, whereas in the Haram a person cannot cut down a tree, or cut grass, so the Messenger stayed in al-Hil to be more spacious for him, to cut down trees, and cut grass, and also sins in al-Hil are lighter than sins in the Haram.
So the important thing is that what we see is this.
And someone might say: Why was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Hudaybiyyah sitting in al-Hil, and praying in the Haram?! This indicates that the Haram is better.
So we say: Yes, it is better; but our discussion is about the hundred thousand, not that this is better, or that this is not better.
The correct view in this issue is that a person does not receive the reward if he prays in the mosques of Makkah other than al-Masjid al-Haram;Because the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (A prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram is worth a hundred thousand prayers in any other place) this refers to the mosque of the Ka'bah, for it is established in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: (A prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the mosque of the Ka'bah), and this is an explicit text.
And Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَىTherefore: Al-Masjid al-Haram is: Al-Masjid al-Haram is: the mosque of the Ka'bah,And he said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him: (Do not travel for prayer except to three mosques: Al-Masjid al-Haram.
) This is the hadith, so what is your opinion if you traveled to a mosque in (Al-Aziziyah) in Makkah?! Is it permissible or not?! It is not permissible.
Therefore: Al-Masjid al-Haram in which a prayer is worth a hundred thousand prayers; it is the al-Masjid al-Haram to which one travels.
But we say: There is no doubt that prayer in the Haram, and not just in Makkah, but in the surrounding Haram, which is all the boundaries of the Haram, there is no doubt that prayer in it is better than prayer in al-Hil, there is no doubt about this,For example: Now, Muzdalifah is Haram, and Mina is Haram, so likewise everything around Makkah is considered all Haram, so prayer in this Haram is better than prayer in al-Hil,And the evidence for that is: That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was staying at al-Hudaybiyyah, and al-Hudaybiyyah was partly in al-Hil and partly in the Haram, so he was staying in al-Hil; but he used to pray inside the Haram,Meaning: He would move from al-Hil to the Haram and pray in it, so he stayed in al-Hil; because it is more spacious for a person, whereas in the Haram a person cannot cut down a tree, or cut grass, so the Messenger stayed in al-Hil to be more spacious for him, to cut down trees, and cut grass, and also sins in al-Hil are lighter than sins in the Haram.
So the important thing is that what we see is this.
And someone might say: Why was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Hudaybiyyah sitting in al-Hil, and praying in the Haram?! This indicates that the Haram is better.
So we say: Yes, it is better; but our discussion is about the hundred thousand, not that this is better, or that this is not better.