✅ Answer:

In many narrations, it is clearly stated that a person leaving their home with the intention of visiting Sayyid al-Shuhada (AS) is considered a 'visitor,' and many of the rewards for the visit are granted to the visitor even before reaching the grave of Imam Hussain (AS). Among these narrations:

1⃣ابْنُ الْوَلِیدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ زَائِرَ الْحُسَیْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِ جَعَلَ ذُنُوبَهُ جِسْراً عَلَی بَابِ دَارِهِ ثُمَّ عَبَرَهَا کَمَا یُخَلِّفُ أَحَدُکُمُ الْجِسْرَ وَرَاءَهُ إِذَا عَبَر

📚 *Thawab al-A'mal*, p. 91

Translation: Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said: Indeed, the sins of the visitor of Hussain (AS) are placed as a bridge at his doorstep, and he crosses over it just as one of you passes over a bridge.

2⃣قال الصادق فِی حَدِیثٍ :.. وَ إِنَّ زَائِرَهُ لَیَخْرُجُ مِنْ رَحْلِهِ فَمَا یَقَعُ فِیهِ عَلَی شَیْ ءٍ إِلَّا دَعَا لَهُ فَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَیْهِ أَکَلَتْ ذُنُوبَهُ کَمَا تَأْکُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ وَ مَا تُبْقِی عَلَیْهِ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ شَیْئاً فَیَنْصَرِفُ وَ مَا عَلَیْهِ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ وَ قَدْ رُفِعَ لَهُ مِنَ الدَّرَجَاتِ مَا لَا یَنَالُهُ الْمُتَشَحِّطُ فِی دَمِهِ فِی سَبِیلِ اللَّهِ..

📚 *Kamil al-Ziyarat*, p. 297

Translation: Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said in a narration: Indeed, when the visitor of Imam Hussain (AS) leaves his home and life, nothing casts a shadow on him except that it prays for him. When the sun shines upon him, it consumes his sins just as fire consumes firewood, and the sun leaves nothing of his sins upon him. He returns without any sin left, and his ranks are elevated to such a degree that even those who were martyred for the sake of Allah and covered in their own blood will not reach that rank.

✅ Numerous narrations state that the intention behind an action is often considered better than the action itself. For example:

3⃣الإمامُ علیٌّ علیه السلام: النِّیَّةُ الصّالِحَةُ أحَدُ العَمَلَینِ.

📚 *Gharar al-Hikam*, p. 87

Translation: Amir al-Mu'minin (AS) said: A righteous intention is one of two actions.

📚 *Alal al-Sharai'* Vol. 2, p. 635

4⃣عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَی عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ الْأَنْصَارِیِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّهُ کَانَ یَقُولُ نِیَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَ ذَلِکَ لِأَنَّهُ یَنْوِی مِنَ الْخَیْرِ مَا لَا یُدْرِکُهُ....

Translation: Imam al-Baqir (AS) said: The intention of a believer is better than their action because they intend to perform some actions but may not achieve them...

📚 *Bihar al-Anwar*, Vol. 5, p. 301, Beirut edition

5⃣المحاسن أَبِی عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّاسُ مَأْمُورُونَ وَ مَنْهِیُّونَ وَ مَنْ کَانَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ عَذَرَهُ اللَّهُ

Translation: Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said: People are commanded to do some actions and prohibited from others, and anyone who has a legitimate excuse (for doing or leaving something) will have their excuse accepted by Allah.

✅ Based on the above narrations and numerous other narrations in this regard, this person is considered a visitor, and they are excused and rewarded. They will receive the reward of the intention they made, and from wherever they can, they will recite the ziyarat of Imam Hussain (AS). Insha'Allah.

✅ Note: I recommend reading the esteemed *Kamil al-Ziyarat* to all lovers of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS), as the narrations in this book provide much-needed knowledge.