Does circumambulating the House suffice in place of the two-rak'ah greeting of the mosque?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. He asks: Does circumambulating the House suffice in place of the two-rak'ah greeting of the mosque?

The Shaykh : There is a phrase that is not correct, which is that the greeting of the Sacred Mosque is circumambulation. This is not correct. The greeting of the Sacred Mosque is the prayer of two rak'ahs. We have evidence for this. What is the evidence? Please, here.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : We need evidence. Recite the hadith? May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : You have not brought the evidence. This is talk from your own mind.

The questioner : His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): .

The Shaykh : Complete: . So let us ask now: Is the Sacred Mosque included in that, or is it not included? It is the most noble of the mosques on earth. If you enter the Sacred Mosque, you do not sit until you pray two rak'ahs. But if you enter for circumambulation, like a person performing 'Umrah who enters, for example, to circumambulate, then here we say: start with the circumambulation, and the circumambulation suffices in place of the two rak'ahs, because he will come after the circumambulation with what? With two rak'ahs. And based on this, whoever enters the Sacred Mosque to circumambulate, the circumambulation suffices for him in place of the two rak'ahs. And whoever enters it for a purpose other than this, such as entering to pray an obligatory prayer or to attend a lesson, he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs.