Doubling of Sins in the Two Sacred Sanctuaries
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are sins doubled in the Makkah sanctuary and the Madinah sanctuary just as good deeds are doubled?
Answer:
No, they are not doubled, but they are made more severe. There is a difference between making something more severe and doubling it. Making it more severe means the sin is made heavier upon them,[Al-Hajj 22:25] so the sin and the sinfulness, may Allah protect us, are greater in the two sanctuaries than elsewhere. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are sins doubled in the Makkah sanctuary and the Madinah sanctuary just as good deeds are doubled?
Answer:
No, they are not doubled, but they are made more severe. There is a difference between making something more severe and doubling it. Making it more severe means the sin is made heavier upon them,
and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] or wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.
وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الوضوء من مس المرأة — islamhouse.com (1:03:03)
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