Mention of Eid al-Fitr
Allah has mentioned it in His Book, where He, Mighty and Majestic, said: {And [attain the same] that you may complete the period and that you may glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful} 1 .
The Master Abu ‘Abd Allah—may Allah brighten his face—said: "The first of the festivals in the Arab year is Eid al-Fitr, and it is al-Sayyid Muhammad. Al-Sayyid Muhammad is the first of the numbers; he is the One (al-Wahid), and numbers begin from him and return to him. Al-Sayyid Muhammad doubles and enters into numbers and division. Since al-Sayyid Muhammad, may His Might be exalted, was the first of the numbers, it became necessary for Eid al-Fitr to be the first of the festivals, as it represents his personified essence (Shakhs)."
The Master Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Jali said in a poem of his, the beginning of which is:
From the Ultimate Goal, the Possessor of Generosity
My sin before the world is my [declaration of] Oneness (Tawhid)
The Pre-eternal, the Bald (al-Anza‘), is my Worshiped One
Up to his saying therein: