The Exclusivity of the Reward for Prayer Inside the Mosque of the Ka'bah, and Not Elsewhere
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Does prayer in the mosque adjacent to the Haram equal prayer in the Haram itself?
Prayer in the Prophet's Mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the Sacred Mosque. The mosques adjacent to the Prophet's Mosque do not carry the reward of the Prophet's Mosque. As for Makkah, scholars have differed on whether the reward of the mosque containing the Ka'bah extends to other mosques or not. The correct view is that it does not extend;Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Prayer in my mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the Mosque of the Ka'bah). His statement: (except the Mosque of the Ka'bah) is explicit text that the one possessing this preference is the Mosque of the Ka'bah. It is known that if you prayed in a mosque in al-'Aziziyah, for example, people would not say, "This is the Mosque of the Ka'bah." However, prayer in the Haram, meaning what is within the boundaries of the Haram, is better than prayer in the non-sacred area (al-Hal);Meaning: If you prayed in the mosque of al-'Aziziyah or al-'Uwala or something similar, it is better than if you prayed in a mosque in Riyadh or something similar;And the evidence for this is: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at al-Hudaybiyah, and part of it was in the Haram and part in the non-sacred area, (he would enter the Haram when the time for prayer came and pray in it).
Prayer in the Prophet's Mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the Sacred Mosque. The mosques adjacent to the Prophet's Mosque do not carry the reward of the Prophet's Mosque. As for Makkah, scholars have differed on whether the reward of the mosque containing the Ka'bah extends to other mosques or not. The correct view is that it does not extend;Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Prayer in my mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other place, except the Mosque of the Ka'bah). His statement: (except the Mosque of the Ka'bah) is explicit text that the one possessing this preference is the Mosque of the Ka'bah. It is known that if you prayed in a mosque in al-'Aziziyah, for example, people would not say, "This is the Mosque of the Ka'bah." However, prayer in the Haram, meaning what is within the boundaries of the Haram, is better than prayer in the non-sacred area (al-Hal);Meaning: If you prayed in the mosque of al-'Aziziyah or al-'Uwala or something similar, it is better than if you prayed in a mosque in Riyadh or something similar;And the evidence for this is: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at al-Hudaybiyah, and part of it was in the Haram and part in the non-sacred area, (he would enter the Haram when the time for prayer came and pray in it).