Is the virtue of multiplying the prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi specific to men, or is it general?
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The questioner : He says: Is the virtue of multiplying the prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi specific to men, or to men and women? If it includes women, should we not say that a woman's prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram or al-Masjid al-Nabawi is better than in her home? And how do we respond to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 3:208?
The Shaykh : That is a very harsh word. How do we respond to the saying of the Messenger? This is difficult. But it appears that his intention was how do we answer regarding the saying of the Messenger. I say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: And this is the mosque in which he said: Sunan Abi Dawud 566 So he informed that the prayer of a woman in her home in Madinah is better than her prayer in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, even with the multiplication. Even though the prayer in al-Masjid al-Nabawi is multiplied. Likewise, in Makkah, her prayer in her home is better than the prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram. But someone might say: How can it be better when it is a hundred thousand prayers in al-Masjid al-Haram, and al-Masjid al-Nabawi is a thousand or better than a thousand? We say there is quantity and there is quality. So the reward in its quality and magnitude in her home corresponds to the number obtained by the multitude, the number obtained by the multitude. Then someone might say: If a woman prays in al-Masjid al-Haram, she does not get a hundred thousand prayers, or in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, she does not get that her prayer is better than a thousand prayers, because the one addressed by that is the people of the mosques. And who are the people of the mosques? Men, not women. And therefore, a doubt arises in the mind: if a woman prays in al-Masjid al-Haram, does she get a hundred thousand? And if she prays in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, is her prayer better than a thousand? This is a matter for consideration and reflection, because the ones addressed by the virtue of the mosques are the people of the mosques, and they are men. As for the woman, her home is better for her than the mosque, even al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi. Yes.
Her prayer in her home is better
صلاتها في بيتها أفضلThe Shaykh : That is a very harsh word. How do we respond to the saying of the Messenger? This is difficult. But it appears that his intention was how do we answer regarding the saying of the Messenger. I say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
