Tell me, what had they done that Allah inflicted such punishments on them?

Tell me, what had they done that Allah inflicted such punishments on them?” The Prophet (S) said, “The woman who was hung up by the hair was one who did not cover up her hair from strange men (other than their next of kin or close relatives). The woman hung up by the tongue was one who used to harass her husband with her tongue. The woman hung up by her breasts was the one who refused to sleep with her husband.

The woman hung up by her feet was one who left the house without her husband’s permission. The woman who ate her own flesh was one who made herself up for people.

The woman whose hands and feet were chained up, and snakes and scorpions covered her up was a woman who did not perform her ablutions properly, did not clean the impurities from her clothes, did not perform the major ritual ablution ( ghusl ) after intercourse and menstruation, did not purify herself, and did not pay any attention to her prayers. The woman who was deaf, dumb, and blind was a woman who got pregnant by a man other than her husband, and associated the child with her own husband.

The woman whose flesh was being cut by scissors made of fire was a woman who submitted herself to unfamiliar men. The woman whose face and head was covered by fire and was eating her own intestines was a female pimp. The woman whose face was like that of a dog and fire was entering her from the back and was leaving from her mouth was a singer, hired mourner, and jealous.” Then, the Prophet (S) said, “Woe be to a woman who makes her husband angry!

Blessed be a woman who pleases her husband!”[^3] Reward for Goodness Imam al-Ridha (a.s.) stated: “A man from among the Children of Israel killed one of his relatives. He then took the corpse and put it along the path of one of the noblest of the offspring of Israel and then demanded blood money. The people told Moses (a.s.): Such and such a tribe has killed so and so. Tell us who has killed the man. Then Moses (a.s.) said, Bring me a cow. They said, ﴾Do you take us in derision?

﴿ Moses (a.s.) said, ﴾ I seek Allah's protection lest I should be one of the senseless!﴿ The Imam (a.s.) added: Had they brought forth a cow, it would suffice and the killer would have been found. But they were stern, so God was stern with them. ﴾They said, Invoke your Lord for us that He may clarify for us what she may be.