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Philosophy of Pilgrimage of … H-S Nateghi and S.S. Shah Naqavi (109

               pilgrims to the holy graves of         with pilgrimage and so on is
               the  infallible  and  other  great     a  celebration  of  Islamic  rites
               shrines remains unimaginable.          and  rubbing  the  opponents'

               Imagination is on the rise .           noses and since the pilgrimage
                                                      of  that  Imam  during  his
               The      Importance        and         lifetime  was  a  good  deed,  it
               Legitimacy  of  Pilgrimage             will  be  the  same  after  death,

               and  its  Role  in  giving             especially  since  the  Prophet
               Meaning to Human Life                  has a purgatory life after death .
                   1.  Pure Reasoning                    And again, the intellect does

               One  of  the  advantages  of           not  know  the  obstacle  of  the
               Shia Imamiyya is the special           pilgrimage  of  that  Imam  and
               attention paid to the pilgrimage       does  not  see  any  ugliness  in
               to  the  grave  of  the  Holy          it,  but  as  it  was  said,  the
               Prophet  and  the  Imams.  The         commemoration  of  his  grave
               Shiites have great respect for         is  the  wisdom  of  his  respect
               these tombs and build luxurious        that guided the people to the
               and  majestic  buildings  for          right path and caused happiness

               them. Charity does not withhold        and  happiness  of  the  people
               to have too much or too little         in both worlds.
               wealth. (Muzaffar, 2010)
                  As  the  ruling  of  reason             2.  Quranic Perspective
               confirms it and we should try          There are various verses of the
               to  honor  and  respect  those         Quran  with  various  themes,
                                                      from  which  it  is  possible  to
               who  have  a  great  God  and          obtain the ruling of permitting
               visiting their graves is a kind        or invoking the pilgrimage to
               of respect for them, and also          the graves of the saints, some
               commemorating the first prophet        of which are mentioned below .
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