The Prayer of the Two Eids
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 79
وَ نَظَرَ اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ فِي يَوْمِ فِطْرٍ يَلْعَبُونَ وَ يَضْحَكُونَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ وَ اِلْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ مِضْمَاراً لِخَلْقِهِ يَسْتَبِقُونَ فِيهِ بِطَاعَتِهِ إِلَى رِضْوَانِهِ فَسَبَقَ فِيهِ قَوْمٌ فَفَازُوا وَ تَخَلَّفَ آخَرُونَ فَخَابُوا فَالْعَجَبُ كُلُّ اَلْعَجَبِ مِنَ اَلضَّاحِكِ اَللاَّعِبِ فِي اَلْيَوْمِ اَلَّذِي يُثَابُ فِيهِ اَلْمُحْسِنُونَ وَ يَخِيبُ فِيهِ اَلْمُقَصِّرُونَ وَ اَيْمُ اَللَّهِ لَوْ كُشِفَ اَلْغِطَاءُ لَشُغِلَ مُحْسِنٌ بِإِحْسَانِهِ وَ مُسِيءٌ بِإِسَاءَتِهِ.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali عليه السلام observed people playing and laughing on the day of Eid al-Fitr. He turned to his companions and said: "Verily, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, made the month of Ramadan as a racetrack for His creation, in which they compete in obedience to Him to attain His pleasure. In it, some people have raced ahead and won, while others have lagged behind and failed. So, it is truly astonishing to see those who laugh and play on a day when the doers of good are rewarded and the negligent are deprived. By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, if the veil were removed, the doer of good would be preoccupied with his good deeds and the wrongdoer would be preoccupied with his wrongdoings."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh