Origin of April fool's Day and why Muslims
should not celebrate it !
Some of the kuffaar (infidels) call this day All
Fools' Day, as it is known to the English.
That is because of the lies that they tell so
that those who hear them might believe
them and thus become a victim for those
who are making fun of him.
Many of us celebrate what is known as April
fool or, if it is translated literally, the "trick
of April". But how much do we know of the
bitter secret behind this day?
When the Muslims ruled Spain,
approximately one thousand years ago, they
were a force that could not be destroyed.
The western Christians wished that they
could wipe Islam from the face of the earth,
and they succeeded to some extent.
They tried to limit the spread of Islam in
Spain and to put an end to it, but they did
not succeed. They tried numerous times and
never succeeded.
After that, the kuffaar sent their spies to
Spain to study and find out the secret of the
Muslims' strength which could not be
defeated. They discovered that adhering to
taqwa (piety or consciousness of Allah) was
the reason.
When the Christians discovered the secret of
the Muslims' strength, they started to think
of strategies to break this strength. On this
basis they began to send wine and cigars to
Spain for free.
This tactic on the part of the west produced
results, and the faith of the Muslims began
to weaken, especially among the young
generation in Spain. The result of that was
that the western Catholic Christians
subdued the whole of Spain and put an end
to the Muslim rule of that land which had
lasted for more than eight hundred years.
The last stronghold of the Muslims, in
Grenada, fell on April 1st, hence they
considered this to be the "trick of April."
From that year until the present, they
celebrate this day and consider the Muslims
to be fools. They do not regard only the
army at Granada to be fools who are easily
deceived, rather they apply that to the
entire Muslim ummah. It is ignorant of us to
join in these celebrations, and when we
imitate them blindly in implementing this
evil idea, this is a kind of blind imitation
which confirms the foolishness of some of
us in following them. Once we know the
reason for this celebration, how can we
celebrate our defeat?
After knowing this reality, let us make a
promise to ourselves never to celebrate this
day. We have to learn from the Spanish and
adhere to the reality of Islam and never
allow our faith to be weakened again.
I say: it does not matter what the origins of
April fool are. What matters more is knowing
the ruling on lying on this day, which we are
sure did not exist during the first and best
generations of Islam. It did not come from
the Muslims, but rather from their enemies.
should not celebrate it !
Some of the kuffaar (infidels) call this day All
Fools' Day, as it is known to the English.
That is because of the lies that they tell so
that those who hear them might believe
them and thus become a victim for those
who are making fun of him.
Many of us celebrate what is known as April
fool or, if it is translated literally, the "trick
of April". But how much do we know of the
bitter secret behind this day?
When the Muslims ruled Spain,
approximately one thousand years ago, they
were a force that could not be destroyed.
The western Christians wished that they
could wipe Islam from the face of the earth,
and they succeeded to some extent.
They tried to limit the spread of Islam in
Spain and to put an end to it, but they did
not succeed. They tried numerous times and
never succeeded.
After that, the kuffaar sent their spies to
Spain to study and find out the secret of the
Muslims' strength which could not be
defeated. They discovered that adhering to
taqwa (piety or consciousness of Allah) was
the reason.
When the Christians discovered the secret of
the Muslims' strength, they started to think
of strategies to break this strength. On this
basis they began to send wine and cigars to
Spain for free.
This tactic on the part of the west produced
results, and the faith of the Muslims began
to weaken, especially among the young
generation in Spain. The result of that was
that the western Catholic Christians
subdued the whole of Spain and put an end
to the Muslim rule of that land which had
lasted for more than eight hundred years.
The last stronghold of the Muslims, in
Grenada, fell on April 1st, hence they
considered this to be the "trick of April."
From that year until the present, they
celebrate this day and consider the Muslims
to be fools. They do not regard only the
army at Granada to be fools who are easily
deceived, rather they apply that to the
entire Muslim ummah. It is ignorant of us to
join in these celebrations, and when we
imitate them blindly in implementing this
evil idea, this is a kind of blind imitation
which confirms the foolishness of some of
us in following them. Once we know the
reason for this celebration, how can we
celebrate our defeat?
After knowing this reality, let us make a
promise to ourselves never to celebrate this
day. We have to learn from the Spanish and
adhere to the reality of Islam and never
allow our faith to be weakened again.
I say: it does not matter what the origins of
April fool are. What matters more is knowing
the ruling on lying on this day, which we are
sure did not exist during the first and best
generations of Islam. It did not come from
the Muslims, but rather from their enemies.
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