APRIL FOOL

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM HMS
RobertGordon University , Faculty of Design and Technology
School of computing
Aberdeen AB10 1FR
United Kingdom



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.

Bissalam

Salam,

This is quite informative and some are unaware of the April Fools Day too..
I was amazed to learn the vast contribution of Cordoba (Spain), under the Muslim rule, to various aspect of human life ranging from nutrition (Ali Ibn Nafi); Jurisprudence, Biology, Logic, Philosophy, Physics, 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.

May Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'alla) increase us in knowledge.