Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And whoever intends therein to commit transgression with injustice"

Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted ? And does this include all mosques?

Answer:
This is in al-Masjid al-Haram. The verse says: "And the mosque… Indeed, those who turn [people] away from the path of Allah and from the mosque… ."
Transgression in the Sacred Precinct is committing what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has forbidden. Indeed, a sin in the Sacred Precinct and a transgression in the Sacred Precinct are greater and more severe than a sin or transgression in other parts of the world, because the Sacred Precinct has sanctity. The Sacred Precinct is a place of worship and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and sincerity to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Therefore, the punishment for sins is intensified in the Sacred Precinct more than elsewhere due to the sanctity of the Sacred Precinct. Likewise, transgression in the Sacred Precinct includes altering the sites of worship, altering the sites that Allah has made sites and rituals for the Muslims. It is obligatory to preserve them, keep them as they are, and not alter them, add to them, or subtract from them; they must remain as they were. Also, transgression in the Sacred Precinct includes committing a crime, committing a crime that harms people, such as theft, highway robbery, and other things, and betrayal. All of this is transgression in the Sacred Precinct. In language, "ilhad" (transgression) means deviation. So the one who deviates from the obedience of Allah is a transgressor, and it varies; some of it is more severe than some. Some transgression is kufr (disbelief), some transgression is fisq (open sinfulness), and some transgression is a sin. There is no doubt that the Sacred Precinct is a place where punishment is intensified, and that Allah punishes for the intention. Whoever intends in it, in the Sacred Precinct, whoever intends means whoever has the intention, even if he does not act. If he intends to commit transgression in the Sacred Precinct, Allah will punish him, so what if he carries it out? If he carries out the crime, that is more severe. So if he is one who intended and desired, Allah will make him taste the painful punishment, even if he did not do that thing, unless he repents to Allah. If he abandons the transgression as a repentant person to Allah, Allah will accept his repentance. But if he abandons the transgression because he is unable to do it or cannot manage it, or because he fears the authority, even though if he could he would carry it out, then Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will make him taste the painful punishment. For this reason, it came in the hadith that whoever intends transgression in the Sacred Precinct, even if he is in Aden, in Aden, Yemen, if he intends transgression in the Sacred Precinct, then Allah will make him taste the painful punishment. We ask Allah for safety.