If a man...

If a man, through his etiquette and not staying away from sins, especially those which are the Haqq al‑Nas meaning those sins which are related to the rights of others, or through not paying proper attention to the Salat, or utter disregard of the Mimbar and Mihrab such that the people consider what he is doing to be permitted, leads the people to think that this Hajji has returned from Allah however (due to his actions) the magnificence of the Hajj is removed from their hearts, then his sin is so great that the Qur'an mentions that it is comparable to murdering all of humanity: “Whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men.

'’ [^10] In the completion of our discussion, I would request every man and woman who has been blessed with this great opportunity, and who is now being addressed with the name `Hajji' that each and every day you read the above mentioned noble verse of the Qur'an to yourself, and remember the meaning of the verse just as Imam Ja'far as‑Sadiq (as), has taught it. Make yourself a living example of this noble verse of…