The Incident of the Female Pilgrim

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of VERBAL HARASSMENT TO A FEMALE PILGRIM TALKING as recorded in Shia traditions.
VERBAL HARASSMENT TO A FEMALE PILGRIM TALKING
WITH NA MAHRAM
In point of fact, the previous recommendation of Shaykh al-
Shahid manifests the horrible amount of hideousness and
repulsiveness that some women, these days, commit. As
they come to the holy shrines, they adorn themselves, put on
their best clothes, and stand side by side with men inside the
holy shrines. They, moreover, push men with their bodies so
as to find themselves places near the holy tombs, or sit in
the direction of the kiblah where men offer prayers for
reciting the ziyarah formulas. They thus attract attentions
and divert men from acts of worship, beseeching to Almighty
Allah, and weeping for themselves at these sacred areas. By
doing so, they bring to themselves sins and offenses. The
ziyarahs of such women must be decided as
discommendable acts that bring about chastisement, not
acts of worship. In this respect, Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq ('a) has
reported Imam 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin ('a) as saying to the
people of Iraq, "I have been informed that your women are
meeting men on the public ways. Are you not ashamed?
Curse of Allah be upon him who is not jealous."
In man-la-yahzuruhu'l-faqih, it is mentioned that al-Asbagh
ibn Nubatah reported Imam 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin ('a) as
saying, "In the last of time, which is actually the worst of
ages, when the Hour (of Resurrection) comes near, there will
appear women - unveiling themselves, exposing themselves,
adorning themselves, being out of the religion, entering in
seditious matters, inclining to lusts, hurrying to their
pleasures, and violating the inviolable things, therefore, they
will abide in Hellfire forever."
Twenty-Eighth: When the area around the holy tombs is
overcrowded, those who are nearest to the holy tombs are
required to hurry up and end their ziyarah so as to give others
the opportunity to come near the holy tomb and win the
honor of approaching these holy tombs.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the ziyarah of the holy
shrine of Imam al-Husayn ('a) enjoys particular etiquettes to
which I will refer later on.