The Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen was asked whether prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram is better or prayer in the neighborhood mosque is better, and he said:

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Here, the Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah preserve him) was asked about a man: Is it better for him to pray in the Haram, or is it better for him to pray in the mosque near his neighborhood? He said: In the one where he finds his heart in worship. Is the worship itself better? Do you see something like this?

The Shaykh : No, no, I do not see it. We tell him: Pray in the better mosque, strive against your self, and prepare your heart.The questioner : He gave an example of this, for instance, tawaf close to the Ka'bah is better, but because of the heavy crowd, he wants to perform the worship with a specific quality or manner... so he should move away in order to run.

The Shaykh : This is different from that. This is different from that. This is called a tawaf and this is called a tawaf, and one of them moves away from the crowd. But between praying in a mosque with one hundred thousand prayers and praying in a mosque with twenty-seven prayers, there is a vast difference. Let's go.