I came across the above in Al Kafi, volume 6 and I wondered how we go about interpreting it in an Islamic sense. I ask this question purely academically; coming from an Indo-Pak background earrings have always been discouraged and in the west the argument of it being a ‘feminine’ quality (which wouldn’t hold up in 2022) but the above hadith goes on to say this is a recommended act and that, beyond piercings, the Imams apparently had earrings, too.