The Merit of Praying in Al-Haram Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque

Abstract

The study aimed to demonstrate the merits of prayer in Al-Haram Mosque and Prophet's Mosque, as they are the two greatest mosques on earth. The researcher chose this topic, in order for a Muslim to know the importance of prayer in Al-Haram Mosque and Prophet's Mosque, and to be keen to pray in the mosques of Mecca and Medina. To achieve the object of the study, the researcher worked on attributing the Quranic verses to their suras, and compiling the noble hadiths of the Prophet from the considered books of the Sunnah, as well as clarifying the strange hadiths from the books of strange hadiths, language books, and commentary books when needed, and attributing sayings to their original sources or by means of when needed. The study concluded that God’s mercy on this nation resides when their lives have been short, and the reward for praying in Al-Haram Mosque includes performing it inside all the mosques of Mecca, according to the most correct opinion, and that Mecca is better than Medina. Besides, the Mecca mosque is better than the Medina mosque. Also, looking at the Kaaba is worship and Safety from hypocrisy.The study recommended the necessity of doubling the prayer in the Al-Haram Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, for the prayer in the first one is equal to a hundred thousand prayers, and the prayer in the second is equal to a thousand prayers, thus it is a merit by which God distinguished these two countries from all others. Moreover, to beware of delaying the prayer beyond its time because who did that is exposed to the threat.