Issue: Clarifying the stronger opinion regarding the multiplication of the reward for prayer in Makkah al-Mukarramah: is it specific to al-Masjid al-Haram or general to all of Makkah?

The Shaykh : As for what concerns the issue of the reward in al-Masjid al-Haram and in other mosques, this is a point of disagreement among the scholars.
Some of the scholars say: All the mosques in Makkah are like al-Masjid al-Haram in terms of the multiplication, meaning that prayer in them is worth a hundred thousand prayers or better than a hundred thousand prayers.
And some of the scholars say: Rather, the multiplication of the prayer is specific to this mosque, and this is the correct opinion. This is because it is established in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He specified the mosque of the Ka'bah, and we know that all the mosques in Makkah do not have a Ka'bah; the Ka'bah is in this mosque only. And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is well known that traveling to the mosques in Makkah other than this mosque falls under the prohibition. If a person said, "I will travel to the Grand Mosque in al-'Aziziyah," we would say, "It is not permissible," because traveling is only to this mosque. Therefore, the mosque to which one travels is the mosque in which the multiplication exists; people travel to it because of this multiplication within it. If someone were to ask about the preference of the opinion, it is a beneficial rule for the student of knowledge.