APRIL FOOL
Most of us celebrate April fool day every year and
fool each other. 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.
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
YEARS' RULE OF THE MUSLIMS in
Spain. The last fort of
the Muslims to fall
was Grenada (Gharnatah), 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, 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. So now, that we are aware of it, and now
let us promise that
we shall never celebrate this day. We should learn our
lesson from the
people of Spain, and shall try to become practicing
Muslims, never to let
anybody weaken our faith.
Please forward this message to as many people you
know. 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 awareness that WE ARE NOT FOOLS ANYMORE
Bissalam |
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Salam,
This is quite informative and some are unaware of the April Fools Day too..
I was amazed to learnt the vast contribution of Cordoba (Spain), under the Muslim rule, to various aspect of human life ranging from nutrition (Ali Ibn Nafi); Music & Fashion (Ziryab); Jurisprudence, Biology, Logic, Philosophy, Physics, Music & Medicine (Ibn Rushd); Medicine & Surgery (Al Zahrawi, Abu Marwan Ibn Zuhr); Medicine (Ibn al-Kattani, Ibn al-Wafid, Ibn Samajun, & Abu Bakr Hamid); Medicine & Pharmacology (Abd al-Karim al-Lakhmi); Astrology & Medicine (Ibn Tumart, Ibn Muhammad, & Andalusi al-Maliki); Geography (Abu Ubayd al-Bakri); Astronomy
(Abu Ishaq al-Zarqali, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati); Medicine, Philosophy & Physics (Ibn Rushd); the list is unending brother!!!
The decline of spark that led to the remarkable discoveries and inventions in Cordoba came about as a result of decline in adherence to Islam as an ideology which can be attributed to infusion of philosophical ideas from Greek, Persian and Indian civilizations; abandoned ijtihad, neglect of study and understanding of Arabic language; alcohol; arrogance; missionary, cultural and political invasions of the West…
Thanks for this piece, brother, and may Allah (SWA) increase us in knowledge. |
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