Ayatollah khamenei(Iran’s supreme leader):

"TATBIR (self-flagellation with knives or chains) is a fabricated tradition.

it is among the issues does NOT belong to the religion and undoubtedly God is NOT also pleased with such a practice...DO NOT PRACTICE IT! i do NOT approve of it."

 

Sadiq Shirazi Resident in England and Approved “Qama”(self harm)

Shia Muslim leaders does not accept him.

ayatollah khamenei(Iran’s supreme leader) :

I AM TRULY DISAPPOINTED

WITH ANYONE WHO PRACTICES TATBIR

 

Distorted vs Reality

Arba'een Pilgrimage

The Arba'een Pilgrimage is the world's largest public gathering that is held every year.^[1][2] This Ziyarah^[3] is held at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hossein ibn Ali's death in 680.^[4][5] Arba'een marks a "pivotal event in history"^[6] in which the pilgrims make their journey to Karbala on foot,^[7] where Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of Shia, and his army were killed and beheaded by the army of Yazid I.^[1] Some of the pilgrims make their journey from cities as far as Basra, about 500 km away by road.^[8]