Are good deeds and bad deeds multiplied in Makkah?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. This person is asking: Is a bad deed in Makkah recorded as ten, meaning is it multiplied? And is a good deed also multiplied?

The Shaykh : Yes. As for the good deed, there is no doubt that it is multiplied tenfold in Makkah and elsewhere, and Allah the Exalted multiplies it and multiplies it to even more than that. As for the bad deed, it is not multiplied in number, neither in Makkah nor elsewhere. The evidence that it is not multiplied, neither in Makkah nor elsewhere, is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: . This verse is in Surat al-An'am, and Surat al-An'am is a Meccan surah by consensus. Therefore, the bad deed is not multiplied in quantity in Makkah or elsewhere; one bad deed is counted as one. However, it is more painful if it is in Makkah, due to the saying of the Exalted: . By this, we know the weakness of what is narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said: . This is not authentic from Abdullah ibn Abbas, and it makes the country Makkah. Yes.