“April Fool Day” History and Facts

 

“April Fool Day” History and Facts

 

April fool is celebrated in many countries of the world on 1^st of April each year. People make fun with their friends and cheer this day.

When was it started???

Nobody knows the beginning of the event but it has been a part of many societies for centuries.

 

Who opposed it???

If you think that April fool is a cultural of western countries so the shocking story is waiting for you to prove something different.

Such as we can see below;

Microsoft corporation notice for April fool:

In 2019 Microsoft marketing chief Mr. Chris Capossela issued a notice for the employees to be away from making fun with each other on 1^st of April he also added that on this we lose more than gain.

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In the year 2020                                     

Because of corona virus most of the countries had forbidden their people to make pranks on this day such as Thailand has warned the people that in case of making fun about corona virus could be punished as per law and could be sentenced for five years imprisonment .

Not only Thailand but also many other countries like India, Taiwan, Germany have also warn their public about making prank and jokes about the virus.

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Public holiday on April fool day:

It is also interesting to know that Odessa the third populous city of Ukraine observe holiday on first of April each year. They celebrate a festival called “Humorina” on this day.

Some famous April fool fun:

Here I am going to tell you that not only the common man but also famous industries make fun with the people on the day.

Here are some famous fun made on 1^st of April

1)   1-   In 1957 BBC telecasted the news about spaghetti and they told how the spaghetti grew in trees and to prove it they also showed a family in Switzerland who was collecting spaghetti from the trees. Many people started believing it but later they knew that BBC was just making them fool.

2-   In 1998 burger king announced that it has introduced the new burger which is specially for left handed people therefore it is called left handed burger. In the result of this news thousands of people across US reached burger king and asked for left handed burger but they were made fool.

3)     3-  In 1905 a German newspaper published news that thieves have made a tunnel under the U.S federal treasury and have stolen all the Gold. The news spreaded like a fire and the report was published in other newspapers of Europe but it was not true.

4)      4- In 2016 National geographic channel announced on twitter that national geographic will not show any animal without cloth and the channel will degrade animals by showing them naked. It was shocking news for the people but was not true.

 

Why Muslims opposed it????

April fool is usually considered an illegal work (Haram) in Islamic world. There are some reasons given below.

1)       1-Firstly the opinion of Muslims is why to start a month with a lie or an activity that is harmful for the people?

Secondly it is strictly prohibited in Islam to tell a lie for making fun in any sense and also April fool day’s activity is considered harmful.

2- One of the opinions of Muslims that the European countries celebrate this day in the memory of their victory in Spain against Muslims.

3-Another opinion about the day is that it is celebrated because Christian army after victory in Spain said to the Muslims that they had arranged boats for shifting them to a safe place where nobody could harm them. Muslims sat into the boat and as soon as the boat reached in the middle of sea, The Army sank them into the water.

Thus all the Muslims killed on this day and it is a celebration of their death, therefore they do not like April fool day.

Some of the scholars say that the above story is not true because when Spain was regained by Christians army at that time there was no concept of April fool.

 

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