I said, ‘Can he Fast these successively or separate between them?
I said, ‘Can he Fast these successively or separate between them?’ He -asws said: ‘Whatever he likes, successively if he so desires to or if he so desires to, he can separate between them’.
[11] The Days when Its more Rewarding to Fast عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ عِيدٌ غَيْرَ الْعِيدَيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا حَسَنُ أَعْظَمُهُمَا وَ أَشْرَفُهُمَا قُلْتُ وَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ قَالَ هُوَ يَوْمٌ نُصِبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ عَلَماً لِلنَّاسِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from grandfather Al Hassan Bin Rashid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
Is there for the Muslims an Eid other than the two Eids?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes, O Hassan, one greater than these two and more noble’. I said, ‘And which day is it?’ He -asws said: ‘It is the day in which Amir Al-Momineen -asws was nominated as a flag for the people’.
And what is befitting for us that we should be doing during it?’ He -asws said: ‘You should be Fasting it, O Hassan, and frequenting the Salawaat upon Muhammad -asws and the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww , and disavowing to Allah -azwj from the one who oppressed them, for the Prophets -as used to order the successors -as with the day in which the successor -as was nominated in, that they (the people) should be taking it as an Eid’.