Book Name:Jhoot Ki Badboo
Dear Islamic sisters! Another form of lying that exists in our society is in the form of April fool which is celebrated on 1st of April as a festival. Some people enjoy fooling others on this day by telling them fake distressing news and deceiving them in different ways. For example, someone is told:
٭Your young son is severely injured due to an accident at such and such place and he has been taken into so and so hospital.
٭So and so relative of yours has passed away.
٭Your shop has caught fire.
٭There has been robbery in your shop.
٭Someone has unjustly taken over your property.
٭Your car has been stolen.
٭Your son has been kidnapped for ransom etc.
Then when the truth gets revealed, then they mock the other person by uttering “April fool, April fool”. April fool can also be referred to as “the international day of lying”. Lying is a sin. You should not lie even as a joke.
The Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: A person cannot be of perfect faith unless he abandons lying when joking and [abandons] quarrelling, even if he is right. (Musnad Ahmad, vol. 3, pp. 290, Hadees 8744)
At the time of April fool one expresses - joy over others’ distresses. This is also a disliked act. Such people should fear that they can also fall prey to face the same circumstances.
A 70-year old resident of Punjab, Pakistan, received the news that his brother had an accident in Okara and passed away. As he was on his way to Okara hospital, he fell on the ground and passed away due to having a cardiac arrest. It was later found out that some foolish person joked with him on the name of April fool. (Urdu Point, 1st April 2008)