Is all of Makkah a sacred precinct such that if a man prays in any mosque in Makkah, his prayer is worth one hundred thousand prayers?
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The questioner : It is well known, meaning, all of Makkah is a sacred precinct.
The Shaykh : Some people say it is like that; it is a sacred precinct, but the virtue of the prayer, no, the virtue of the prayer was not mentioned except in Makkah.
The questioner : What is the extent of al-Masjid al-Haram? Where do the boundaries of al-Masjid al-Haram reach? Do they reach the limit of the worshippers?
The Shaykh : There are two cases here. In the normal case, the one who prays inside the sacred precinct is credited with one hundred thousand. But if al-Masjid al-Haram becomes full and they go out, these people are considered attached to al-Masjid al-Haram, but this is a special case. That is why I said that if a person goes to pray in a mosque other than al-Masjid al-Haram and claims that the prayer there is worth one hundred thousand because it is in Makkah, no, that is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Some people say it is like that; it is a sacred precinct, but the virtue of the prayer, no, the virtue of the prayer
A prayer in my mosque is worth a thousand prayers, except for al-Masjid al-Haram, where a prayer is worth one hundred thousand prayers.
صلاة في مسجدي هذا بألف صلاة إلا المسجد الحرام فالصلاة فيه بمائة ألف صلاةThe questioner : What is the extent of al-Masjid al-Haram? Where do the boundaries of al-Masjid al-Haram reach? Do they reach the limit of the worshippers?
The Shaykh : There are two cases here. In the normal case, the one who prays inside the sacred precinct is credited with one hundred thousand. But if al-Masjid al-Haram becomes full and they go out, these people are considered attached to al-Masjid al-Haram, but this is a special case. That is why I said that if a person goes to pray in a mosque other than al-Masjid al-Haram and claims that the prayer there is worth one hundred thousand because it is in Makkah, no, that is not permissible.
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