Display joy among yourselves and happiness in your relations; praise Allah for what He has granted you, and make it a habit and make it a habit to provide more goodness to those who look toward you 1 [with hope]. Treat your weak ones as equals in what you eat and what your capability can attain, according to your means. A single Dirham [spent] on this day is worth one hundred thousand Dirhams, and the increase from Allah—Exalted and Sublime—is beyond comprehension. Fasting on this day is among what Allah the Almighty has called for, making a magnificent reward its prize; to the extent that if a servant among servants—from the beginning of the world to its end—were to fast all its days and pray all its nights, and if the sincere one were truly devoted in his fasting and prayer, the days of this world would fall short of the reward of one who aids his brother spontaneously and treats him with kindness willingly. For such a person has the reward of one who fasted this day and prayed its night. And whosoever provides Iftar to a believer on its night, it is as if he provided Iftar to a Fi'am 2 and a Fi'am—counting them ten times on his fingers."
A man stood up and asked: "O Prince of the Believers, and what is a Fi'am?" He replied: "One hundred thousand Prophets, Martyrs, and Truthful ones (Siddiqin).