Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No journeys should be made specifically to visit any mosque except three: al-Masjid al-Haraam [in Makkah], this mosque of mine [in Madeenah] and al-Masjid al-Aqsa [in al-Quds/Jerusalem].” (Saheeh – agreed upon).
It was narrated that Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: We were discussing when we were with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), which is better, the Mosque of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “One prayer in my mosque is better than four prayers offered there (in Bayt al-Maqdis), and what a good place of prayer it is. Soon there will come a time when, if a man has a piece of land the size of a horse’s rope from which he can see Bayt al-Maqdis, that will be better for him than the whole world.” Narrated by al-Haakim, 4/509; he classed it as saheeh and al-Dhahabi and al-Albaani agreed with him, as it says in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, at the end of the discussion on hadeeth no. 2902
Muslim (1362) narrated that Jaabir said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “Ibraaheem made Makkah a sanctuary, and I have
made Madeenah a sanctuary… its branches are not to be cut and its animals
are not to be hunted.”
Muslim (1374) narrated that Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri said: The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O Allaah, Ibraaheem made Makkah
sacred and made it a sanctuary, and I have made Madeenah a sanctuary… no
blood is to be shed therein, no weapon for fighting is to be carried, and no
tree is to be struck to make its leaves fall, except to provide food for
animals…”
Al-Bukhaari (1190) and Muslim (1394) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: “One prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand
prayers anywhere else, except al-Masjid al-Haraam.”