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| April fools...the truth! |
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| Hijabi4eva |
| 03/30/02 at 07:19:31 |
| [color=Purple]The Truth Behind April Fool Assalamu'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakathuh Most of us celebrate April fool day every year and fool each other. Isn't it? But how many of us know the bitter facts hidden behind it. It was around a thousand years ago that Spain was ruled by Muslims. And the Muslim power in Spain was so strong that it couldn't be destroyed. The Christians of the west wished to wipe out Islam from all parts of the world and they did succeed to quite an extent. But when they tried to eliminate Islam in Spain and conquer it, they failed. They tried several times but never succeeded. The unbelievers then sent their spies in Spain to study the Muslims there and find out what was the power they possessed and they found that their power was TAQWA. The Muslims of Spain were not just Muslims but they were practicing Muslims. They not only read the Quran but also acted upon it. They also said no to music, they said no to beer, wine and all the other things forbidden in Islam. If they read about Hijab in the Holy Quran they practiced it too unlike most of us today. (Faith without Practice is disastrous-Hadith), so let us join hands and promise to become true practicing Muslims. When the Christians found the power of the Muslims they started thinking of strategies to break this power. So they started sending alcohol and cigarettes to Spain, free of cost. This technique of the west worked out and it started weakening the faith of the Muslims in particular the young generation of Spain. The result was that the Catholics of the west wiped out Islam and conquered the entire Spain bringing an end to the EIGHT HUNDRED LONG RULE OF THE MUSLIMS in Spain. The last fall of the Muslims was the Grenada (Ghornata) fall which was on the 1st of April. From that year onwards, every year they celebrate April fools day on the 1st of April, celebrating the day, they made a fool of the Muslims. They did not make a fool of the Muslim army at Gharnatah only, but of the whole Muslim Ummah. We, the Muslims, were fooled by the unbelievers. They have a reason to celebrate April fool day, to keep up the spirit. Dear brothers and sisters why are we celebrating our own foolishness, our own downfall, why? The answer is due to ignorance, right? When we join in this celebration, we do so out of ignorance. If we had known about it, we would never have celebrated our own downfall. Now that we are aware of it, let us promise that we shall never celebrate this day. We should learn our lesson from the people of Spain, and we should try to become practicing Muslims, never to let anybody weaken our faith. Forward this message to all the people you know before the 1st of April. The more people you forward it to, the greater will be the reward from your Lord in this world and the hereafter. Please try to do it before the 1st of April, to create an awareness that... WE ARE NOT FOOLS ANYMORE!!! [/color] |
| Re: April fools...the truth! |
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| Taalibatul_ilm |
| 03/30/02 at 08:28:32 |
| [slm] This is what I found at http://wilstar.com/holidays/aprilfool.htm Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. There really wasn't a "first April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring. The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1. However, communications being what they were in the days when news traveled by foot, many people did not receive the news for several years. Others, the more obstinate crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as "fools" by the general populace. They were subject to some ridicule, and were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt of other practical jokes. This harassment evolved, over time, into a tradition of prank-playing on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the English and French. April Fool's Day thus developed into an international fun fest, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families. In Scotland, for example, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily Day. The origin of the "kick me" sign can be traced to this observance. Mexico's counterpart of April Fool's Day is actually observed on December 28. Originally, the day was a sad remembrance of the slaughter of the innocent children by King Herod. It eventually evolved into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery. Pranks performed on April Fool's Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!" Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool's Day. Sometimes, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool! |
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| momineqbal |
| 03/31/02 at 00:49:50 |
| [slm], This link explains the email in the first post [url=http://www.islamtoday.com/foolsday.htm] April Fools or Muslim Fools[/url] Wassalam Eqbal |
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| zomorrud |
| 03/31/02 at 06:38:22 |
| assalamu alaikum, a previous discussion on this very topic can be viewed [url=http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=general&action=display&num=2313][u]here[/url][/u]. and no, i am not trying to replace se7en de le link (did i say that correctly?) :P wassalam |
| 03/31/02 at 06:40:31 |
| zomorrud |
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