And Fatimah  did not let anyone in her family sleep on this...

And Fatimah  did not let anyone in her family sleep on this night and in order to enable them to remain awake; she gave them less food and prepared them from the morning saying: “The one who does not benefit from the blessings of this night is surely deprived.”[^19] In al-Ja’fariyat: In his narration from Ja’far from his fathers from ‘Ali (as): When the Holy Prophet (S) wanted to go for the prayer on the day of Fitr, he would (first) have a breakfast of dates and raisins.[^20] From al-Saduq in al-Muqni’: The sunnah is that one should eat after the prayer on the day of Ad’ha and before the prayer on the day of Fitr.[^21] Addendum to this Chapter In Durar al-La’ali: From one of the wives of the Holy Prophet (S) (who said) that he would fast on the ninth of Dhul Hijjah and on three days every month.[^22] In al-Iqbal: In the second volume of Tarikh al-Nisabur, from Khalf ibn Ayyub al-’amiri in his narration about the Holy Prophet (S): When the month of Ramad’an would enter, he would grow pale and his prayers would increase and he would supplicate and beseech Allah entreatingly.[^23] In Majmu’at Warram: When something made the Noble Prophet (S) sad, he would take recourse in fasting and prayer.[^24] In al-’Uyun: From Darim ibn Qabisah from al-Rid’a from his fathers from ‘Ali (as) who said: When the month of Sha’ban entered, the Holy Prophet (S) would fast for three days in the beginning of the month, three days in the middle of the month and three days at the end of the month, and he would stop fasting before the month of Ramad’an entered, leaving a gap of two days before it and then fasting (again).[^25] In al-Kafi: From ‘Abdillah ibn Maskan from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: When the Prophet (S) opened his fast, he started with a sweet dish, and if he did not have it, he would partake some sugar or dried dates and if he did not have any of these, he would open his fast with lukewarm water.[^26] In al-Iqbal: From Jabir from Abi Ja’far (as) who said: “The Holy Prophet (S) would open his fast with ‘the two black foods’.” I asked: “May Allah shower His mercy on you - what are ‘the two black foods’?” He said: “Dried dates with water…