294 - العِيد

294. ID – THE FESTIVAL

1397 - العيدُ الحَقِيقي‏

1397. ID – THE TRUE FESTIVAL

(قالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنا أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنا مائِدَةً مِنَ السَّماءِ تَكُونُ لَنا عِيداً لِأَوَّلِنا وَآخِرِنا وَآيَةً مِنْكَ وَارْزُقْنا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ) .¹

“Said Jesus son of Mary, ‘O Allah! Our Lord! Send down to us a table from the sky, to be a festival for us, for the first ones and the last ones among us and as a sign from You, and provide for us; for you are the best of providers.”²

4695.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - قالَ في بَعضِ الأعيادِ - : إنَّما هُوَ عيدٌ لِمَن قَبِلَ اللَّهُ صِيامَهُ وشَكَرَ قِيامَهُ ، وكُلُّ يَومٍ لا يُعصى‏ اللَّهُ فيهِ فهُوَ عيدٌ .³

4695.Imam Ali (AS) said regarding one of the festivals, ‘Verily it is only a festival for he whose fasts Allah has accepted and whose prayers He has acknowledged, and every day in which we do not disobey Allah is a day of celebration.’⁴

4696.بحار الأنوار عن سُوَيدِ بنِ غَفلَة : دَخَلتُ عَلَيهِ [ يَعني أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام ]يَومَ عيدٍ ، فإذا عِندَهُ فاثورٌ عَلَيهِ خُبزُ السَّمراءِ وصَفحَةٌ فيها خَطيفَةٌ ومِلبَنَةٌ⁵ ، فقُلتُ : يا أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ ، يَومُ عيدٍ وخَطيفَةٌ ؟ ! فقالَ : إنَّما هذا عيدُ مَن غُفِرَ لَهُ .⁶

4696. Suwayd b. Ghafla narrated, ‘I went to visit him [i.e. Imam Ali (AS)] on one of the festivals, and he had a small table in front of him on which was wheat bread, and a plate of khatifa⁷ and milbana⁸ , so I asked, ‘O Commander of the Faithful, it is a day of celebration and you are eating khatifa?! to which he replied, ‘It is only a day of celebration for whoever has been forgiven.’⁹