خلاصة:
Pilgrimage is an intended travel to a shrine or a holy place. This religious phenomenon is two-dimensional: subjective and objective. The objective dimension of pilgrimage includes institutionalization and plausibility of pilgrimage. Institutionalization of pilgrimage is a result of repeated pilgrimage with observing specific rituals and ordinances. Plausibility of pilgrimage، however، is mostly concerned with religious narrations (Ahadith) about the rewards of pilgrimage، internalized through learning and education. The subjective dimension of pilgrimage involves pilgrim's awareness of the superiority of the holy person and humbleness before him. A phenomenological analysis of pilgrimage experiences of 6 female participants in Mashhad shows the following: first، the cluster of holiness، belief in intercession، rituals، infatuation، humbleness، supplication، prayer and tranquility is hidden in the pilgrimage's experience، implicating categories of superiority، ritual and supplication through resorting to a holy person. Secondly، the three categories of superiority، ritual and supplication through resorting to a holy person are shared by all pilgrims، indicating the inter subjectivity or social dimension of pilgrimage. However، the uniqueness of pilgrimage is mostly an outcome of the pilgrim's awareness of superiority، his/her supplication and observing the rituals.
ملخص الجهاز:
While the institutionalization of pilgrimage results from the repeated performance of the act of pilgrimage within the framework of specific religious rituals and rules, the justification of pilgrimage mainly includes a collection of hadiths and narrations transmitted regarding the virtue and reward of pilgrimage, which makes pilgrimage justifiable through processes of social upbringing and learning.
A phenomenological analysis of the pilgrimage experiences of six pilgrims in Mashhad, who were selected using purposeful sampling, showed that first, pilgrimage rituals, belief in sanctity, belief in intercession, devotion, submission, seeking intercession, supplication, and peace are central themes of the meaning of pilgrimage, which, based on semantic commonality, can be divided into three broader categories including ritualism, belief in the extraordinariness of the visited person, and charisma.
In this sense, one can consider an outward and an inward aspect for the act of pilgrimage; the outward aspect is the observance of the etiquette and rituals of pilgrimage, which are performed according to certain religious rules, and the inward aspect is the pilgrim's belief in the extraordinariness of the one being visited, which draws them toward mediated servitude or intercession through the visited individual.
The phenomenological analysis of the pilgrimage experiences of six female participants in Mashhad showed that: First: Pilgrimage rituals, belief in sanctity, belief in intercession, devotion, submission, seeking refuge (tawassul), and supplication are central themes of the meaning of pilgrimage, which can be divided into three broader categories based on semantic commonality, including etiquette, extraordinariness, and attraction.
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