Are sins multiplied during Hajj?

Question:
Are sins multiplied during Hajj, such as shaving the beard, drinking, backbiting, and talebearing?

Answer:
The bad deed is multiplied. Bad deeds are not multiplied in terms of number, but they are multiplied in terms of manner and the severity of the sin. Otherwise, a bad deed is as Allah said: a bad deed is one [Al-An'am: 160]. In any place, one is not punished except with its like. However, a bad deed in the Haram is greater, larger, and more severe in sin than a bad deed outside the Haram, such as in Ta'if, Jeddah, or similar places. Likewise, a bad deed in Ramadan is more severe in sin than a bad deed in Sha'ban or Shawwal. And so, a bad deed in Dhul-Hijjah, the months of Dhul-Hijjah, is greater in sin than a bad deed in Dhul-Qa'dah, or after the festival.
The point of this is that good deeds are multiplied in both quantity and number, whereas a bad deed is not multiplied except in terms of quality only. Quality has its own significance, so a bad deed in the Haram, as mentioned earlier in Makkah, is not like a bad deed in Ta'if or Jeddah in terms of sin; rather, it is more severe in sin. Likewise, good deeds are multiplied in Makkah and in the noble times, such as Ramadan and the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.