He said in al-Funun: “But while the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is in it”—that is, in the chamber—“then, by Allah, not even the Throne, those who bear it, or Paradise can compare to it.”

That is, the chamber containing the Prophet’s grave, peace and blessings be upon him, is superior to the Ka'bah, superior to the Throne, superior to the bearers of the Throne, and superior to Paradise.

He said: “For within the chamber is a body which, if weighed against them, would outweigh them.” This reasoning is unsound. Had he said that the body itself is superior, there would have been some truth in it. But to say that the chamber is superior because this body is in it—this was his error, may Allah have mercy on him.

The correct view is that this statement must be rejected and cannot be accepted. The chamber is merely a chamber, though it was ennobled by the Prophet’s residence in it during his lifetime and after his death.

But for it to reach such a degree that he swears, may Allah have mercy on him, that neither the Ka'bah, nor the Throne, nor the bearers of the Throne, nor Paradise is equal to it—this is undoubtedly a delusion and an error.

He said in al-Rawd: “A good deed and an evil deed are multiplied by virtue of a noble place and time.” A good deed is multiplied both quantitatively and qualitatively. As for an evil deed, it is multiplied qualitatively, not quantitatively, for Allah, Exalted is He, says in Surah al-An'am—which was revealed in Mecca:

“Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof; but whoever comes with an evil deed will be recompensed only with the like thereof, and they will not be wronged.” [al-An'am]

And He says:

“Whoever intends therein deviation through wrongdoing, We shall make him taste a painful punishment.” [al-Hajj: 25]

He did not say that We shall multiply it for him; rather, He said: “We shall make him taste a painful punishment.” Thus, the multiplication of an evil deed in Mecca or Medina is qualitative.