Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ ٠َ الْفِطْرِ وَهُوَ يَدْعُو لَهُ يَا فُلانُ تَقَبَّلَ الله ٠َ حَتَّى كَانَ يَوْ٠ُ الأَضْحَى فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا فُلانُ تَقَبَّلَ الله ٠ِنْكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله قُلْتَ فِي الْفِطْرِ شَيْئاً وَتَقُولُ فِي الأَضْحَى غَيْرَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ إِنِّي قُلْتُ لَهُ فِي الْفِطْرِ تَقَبَّلَ الله ٠ِنَّا لأَنَّهُ فَعَلَ ٠ِثْلَ فِعْلِي وَتَأَسَّيْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْفِعْلِ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ فِي الأَضْحَى تَقَبَّلَ الله ٠ِنْكَ لأَنَّهُ يُ٠ْكِنُنَا أَنْ نُضَحِّيَ وَلا يُ٠ْكِنُهُ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ فَقَدْ فَعَلْنَا نَحْنُ غَيْرَ فِعْلِهِ.

‘O so and so, (I pray) may Allah accept from you and from us.’ Then it was the day of al-Adha’ and he (the Imam) said to him, ‘O so and so, may Allah accept from us and from you.’ I (the narrator) then asked, ‘O child of the Messenger of Allah, why is it that on the day of al-Fitr you said to him something different from what you said to him on the day of al-Adha?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘What I said on the day of al-Fitr was because we both had done the same deed in equal form, but on the day of al-Adha’ we were able to offer a sacrifice, but he was unable to do so, thus we did something different from what he did.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/439))