The Day of Feast and Prayers on the first of Shawwal
الْإِقْبَالُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يُحْيِي لَيْلَةَ عِيدِ الْفِطْرِ بِالصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَ يَبِيتُ لَيْلَةَ الْفِطْرِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
(The book) ‘Al Iqbal’ – By his chain,
From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws used to revive (stay awake) the night of Eid Al-Fitr with praying the Salat until morning, and he-asws spent the night of Al-Fitr in the Masjid’.[1]
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمُكَارِي عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَلَّالِ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لَا صِيَامَ بَعْدَ الْأَضْحَى ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ لَا بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَ شُرْبٍ
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Saeed Al Mukary, from Ziyad Bin Abu Al Hallal who said,
Abu Abdullah-asws said to us: ‘Do not Fast after the (Eid) Al-Azha for three days, nor after (Eid) Al-Fitr for three days. These are the days of eating and drinking’.[2]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِذَا كَانَ أَوَّلُ يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ نَادَى مُنَادٍ أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ اغْدُوا إِلَى جَوَائِزِكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا جَابِرُ جَوَائِزُ اللَّهِ لَيْسَتْ بِجَوَائِزِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُلُوكِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هُوَ يَوْمُ الْجَوَائِزِ
Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Umar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, from;
Imam Abu Ja’far-asws (5th Imam) has narrated that Prophet-saww said: ‘Whenever it is the first day of Shawwal, a Caller calls out: ‘O you Believers! Go to your awards!’’ Then he-asws said: ‘O Jabir! The Awards of Allah-azwj are not like the awards of these kings (governments)’. Then he-asws said: ‘It is a day of the awards’.[3]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 80 – The Book Salat – Ch 10 H 31
[2] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Fasts Ch 62 H 2
[3] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Fasts Ch 72 H 3