٥ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِي الصَّخْرِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ قَالَ نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّاسِ فِي يَوْمِ فِطْرٍ يَلْعَبُونَ وَيَضْحَكُونَ فَقَالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ وَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ مِضْمَاراً لِخَلْقِهِ لِيَسْتَبِقُوا فِيهِ بِطَاعَتِهِ إِلَى رِضْوَانِهِ فَسَبَقَ فِيهِ قَوْمٌ فَفَازُوا وَتَخَلَّفَ آخَرُونَ فَخَابُوا فَالْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ مِنَ الضَّاحِكِ اللاَّعِبِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يُثَابُ فِيهِ الْمُحْسِنُونَ وَيَخِيبُ فِيهِ الْمُقَصِّرُونَ وَايْمُ الله لَوْ كُشِفَ الْغِطَاءُ لَشُغِلَ مُحْسِنٌ بِإِحْسَانِهِ وَمُسِي‏ءٌ بِإِسَاءَتِهِ.
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah, from abu al-Sakhr, Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahim in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan , on the day of al-Fitr looking at the people who were playing and laughing, turned to his companions and said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, has created the month of Ramadan as an arena for His creature to compete in matters of obedience to Him to achieve His pleasure. Certain people have excelled, but others have remained behind and have failed. It is very strange that the laughing people play on the day when people of good deeds receive their reward and people with shortcomings fail. I swear by Allah, had the curtain been moved aside, people of good deeds and people of evil deeds each would have kept busy with their deeds.’” 