Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 5
Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي وَ أَنَا غُلاَمٌ فَتَعَشَّيْنَا عِنْدَ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لَيْلَةَ خَمْسَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ ذِي اَلْقَعْدَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ « لَيْلَةُ خَمْسَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ ذِي اَلْقَعْدَةِ وُلِدَ فِيهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ وُلِدَ فِيهَا عِيسَى اِبْنُ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ فِيهَا دُحِيَتِ اَلْأَرْضُ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَلْكَعْبَةِ فَمَنْ صَامَ ذَلِكَ اَلْيَوْمَ كَانَ كَمَنْ صَامَ سِتِّينَ شَهْراً».
It is narrated from al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washa, who said: ‘I was with my father when I was a boy, and we had dinner with Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام on the night of the 25th of Dhu al-Qa‘dah.’ Imam عليه السلام said to him: 'The 25th night of Dhu al-Qa‘dah is the night on which Ibrahim عليه السلام was born, and on which Isa ibn Maryam عليه السلام was born, and it is the night when the earth was spread out from beneath the Ka‘bah. Whoever fasts on that day, it is as if he has fasted for sixty months.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh