No April Fool

I would like to make people Aware of the Evil Day, which will soon be coming its haram to celebrate “April Fool Day”. More specifically, April Fools’ Day is about making other people look stupid with practical jokes. Just avoid this evil practice and please do not celebrate this day nor assist other to do it. What matters to us is the ruling of lying on this day? We are sure that lying did not exist during the first and best generations of Islam. It did not come from the Muslims, but rather from their enemies. But today we ourselves are becoming the enemies of truth and the enemies of Islam.

The unfortunate part is that many Muslims have made it a common practice for them to lie to their wives, friends or relatives, cause them great sorrow, and frighten them by lying on this day, claiming that it is only a joke. Many a times, people have died as a result of some of these lies due to heart attacks or become paralyzed from the impact of the lie on them. Some people have even divorced their wives and others have uttered such lies about a man’s wife that he went and killed her.

There is no end to such tragic stories associated with this day. The only way one can restrain himself from falling in this evil practice is by remembering the Islamic ruling, which prohibits lying even in jest. Not only government, media also need to put some awareness programs about this day.