Road To Jannah
"The company of good people always bring goodness."________Three days and she had been a mess, she couldn't decide if she was better before her meeting with Rehan or after it. Abdullah had not showed his appearance niether by his physical presence nor by his verbal presence through phone. Sometimes she was depressed thinking about the past and sometimes she had anxiety when she thought how would Abdullah react with her. Was he upset with her and so he wasn't communicating with her? Or was he so mad at her that he preferred to keep quiet.She came out of her room when she heard the kids playing. Khadijah was amongst them which lit her face up. It was usually Abdullah who brought these kids here and so she ran down the stairs to get his one glimpse, to acknowledge that he was still on her side. She hurriedly went into the drawing room, her eyes searching his eyes. "Assalamu Alaikum." Ayesha greeted while she was sitting long with Hana on the couch. Rida greeted back with eyes still lingering around the corners of the room. "Are you searching for Abdullah?" Ayesha teased while Rida nervously looked at Ayesha and blushed. Rida said nothing but came forward and joined to their company. "I have Abdullah with me." said Ayesha as she drowned her hand into the depths of her bag to find something. What? Abdullah is in the bag.
Rida secretly laughed at her thought. "Here it is." Ayesha took out her hand with a small box and an envelope. "What's this." Rida asked while taking it over from her hand. "Abdullah has sent it for you." Ayesha winked at her.
Rida was struggling with her patience right now. Her desire encouraged her to open it right away but her manners didn't allow her to. She was supposed to sit in the company of her sister in law. "Rida, who does Daniya look like?" asked Hana while holding the baby of Ayesha."Umm" Rida thought for a while to interrogate her and then said "more like Ahmad bhai.""See I told you." Hana said to Ayesha."But everyone tells me that she's more like me." Ayesha replied."Hmm I think her eyes are like yours and rest everything is like her father." said Hana looking at her."Really?... Wait." she said and turned towards Rida to speak "Rida you really don't need to do any formality. Just go and see what your husband has sent to you. Go.. Go.." she said pushing her away from her place.Rida said nothing except blushing and went right away to her room. She was right now thankful to Ayesha for this. She hurriedly opened the small box and found an elegant ring in it. The ring had one American diamond fixed with it. She wore it quickly and it perfectly fit her ring finger as if it was exclusively made for her. She tore the envelope and pulled out the paper in it. The initial words were "To my dearest wifey." she smiled reading it. Before reading further, she adjusted herself to sit comfortably leaning on the bed pillow and then read further."I hope this reaches you in the best of Iman and health.I know you must be battling with your life right now and I am sorry that I am not there for you. My bad. I couldn't inform you about my new job because you were already preoccupied with something or the other, I once came home to tell you but I couldn't because back then the time wasn't right. My phone is dead and I am not in this city anymore. Will tell you in detail when I come back in sha Allah. Ahem! Now coming to a bigger topic. I am sorry for what struck you in the past. You were innocent enough and because of us, you were hurt. I wouldn't deny that I am responsible for this tragedy too. Yes, you read it right. I was child back then and sometimes I used to make Rehan jealous of me purposely. May be I was too proud of myself and did that. I had long forgotten this until Rehan told me the entire story one day, the small flashbacks of my evil behaviour of childhood was brought into spot light. I know Rehan has been on the verge of his evil behaviour but I would also accept that I had ignited the fire that would burn down the entire forest. I know that Rehan had been at fault but I would also accept that I had been too. When he came to me to disclose this, I was very mad at him, so much that I wanted to kill him. I know that's haram by the way, but the feeling when someone touches your loved one with harm, is beyond my patience level. We all are battling our nafs, we all are going through a phase no one knows and everyday we are struggling against our own covetness, sometimes we pass and sometimes we fail to grip our soul from falling into the obvious error and this makes us human while returning back to Allah makes us a Muslim. Rehan indeed did an heinous act but didn't he return to Allah and asked forgiveness. I was mad at him but I forgave him because he took a step and returned to me at right time. If he had not done that then I would have been married to some one else and I would never have forgiven myself for this. Yes Rehan was wrong but Alhamdulillah he returned and so I forgave him because what he has gone through isn't enough as a punishment? I was afraid to not forgive him because I want Allah to forgive me on the Day of Resurrection.Regarding your matter, it is up to you whether you forgive him or not but wait, I have a suggestion. Forgive him Rida. Forgive him and you'll feel relieved. I know it's hard but it's all up to you. Islam doesn't encourage forgiveness just like that, there are reasons behind it. Not forgiving is a sign of weakness which eats us from inside and forgiving is a sign of strength which calms our messed up soul. Forgiveness elevates us not just spiritually but also mentally. We all are humans, we all err, we all sin but when we realise our mistakes, we tend to get back to our Lord and you know what the best part is? He forgives us, no matter how great our fault is. We want Allah to forgive us but when it comes to forgive others, we sit back swelling up our faces in pride. Will you forgive us? I hope you overcome this tragedy soon. May Allah preserve you for me. I am waiting for the day when we'll be together forever. I hope the ring rightly fits your ring finger. Regards,
Your loving hubby.
Monkey."
______A day later Rida was sitting in a halal restaurant, waiting for someone. She was surrounded with plenty people but her heart was empty. She was missing Abdullah at her side. After they were halal for each other, he always accompanied her to these places. "Assalamu Alaikum." said Umaira while taking a seat opposite to that of Rida. "Walaikum Assalam." replied she while observing the change which she didn't observe before when they met because she was too preoccupied by her own fear of facing them. Earlier she was a non hijabi but now she was not just wearing hijab but also complimented with an Abaya. Earlier her eyes threw daggers of hatred but now her eyes spoke volumes of sympathy. "How are you doing?" Umaira questioned. "I am fine Alhamdulillah." said Rida and then silence prevailed over the table of two. "Umm I just wanted to return this." Rida said breaking the silence while passing over a small box to Umaira.Umaira opened the box, looking at it and looked at Rida with questionable eyes. "Rehan gifted me this on the wedding night. I always kept this with me until now. I don't think that I should keep it with me any longer. Earlier it was hard for me to return this but now it's hard for me to keep it. I am over it now." said Rida. "Ohh." said Umaira with a silence after it. "I am sorry for the past behaviour. I have been really cruel to you. I am really ashamed of it." said Umaira. "It's okay. I forgive you as well as Rehan." said Rida. "Thank you for this." she said emphasizing the 'thank you' she uttered. "You are most welcome." replied Rida. "I wanted to say something more which Rehan didn't mention." Umaira said. "Yes?" "Umm I don't know how to start this." said she while taking a pause to find the right words to start the conversation. "Erm Rehan never betrayed you as a husband. I mean he was never betraying you because of me. Yes I would agree that I was with him sometimes when he was out but that doesn't mean we were in a relationship. He avoided talking to me but it was me who used to purposely get closer to him, to make you jealous, and I know a jealous wife is crazy when it comes to her husband. She fights making the bond more severe and not realising that the fights between them gives more space to the other person. To be honest he was never interested in me the way you thought." said Umaira."Then why did he get married to you so soon after our divorce." asked Rida."Long story. See it's like just after divorce, people started to complicate things by saying that Rehan left you because we were in a relationship. I know this rumour was from your side because even though Rehan wasn't interested in me, we were friends since childhood although our mothers planned to marry us off. No one ever said that and this all came after the divorce. I was sure that this was the result of your jealousy and I know you thought that he left you because of me but that wasn't true.After your divorce, the relatives started making false stories and slandered us. This did nothing but increased the distress of Rehan and just a day after your divorce, Rehan broke down mentally. He was admitted in the hospital. The doctor asked us to make him speak, he wasn't really talking to us or narrating anything.On the other hand our mothers were distressed with talks of the relatives. They wanted to marry us off but Rehan denied. I started to spend more time with him to let him release his grief coz I still loved him. One day he asked me if I really wanted to get married to him, and I don't know why he said this all of a sudden, may be he wanted to have someone with whom he could share his griefs. I told him that I wanted to get married to him and in return he told me his regretful story of the past. Believe me I had not seen him crying like that since he was a teenager. His every word came out with pain. First time I realized how our evil mischief bounces back to us. First time I wasn't feeling jealous of you but I was sympathetic towards you. He asked me that did I still want him to marry me and I said yes. He was shocked by my answer after he told me about his past because he somewhere thought that I would never say yes but my love was unconditional for him.As I grew up, my mother told me that she intends to marry me with Rehan. He was studying in abroad and when he came back he married you against his mother's will. I was devastated because of this and the devil in me asked me to be evil to you, make you jealous of us. I use to give ears to the shaytan because I wasn't closer to our Lord and I am glad Rehan took me closer to him.I told Rehan about my jealousy and he said that we have broken the heart of someone who was attached to Allah. He said that he wouldn't be so affected if you were a bit evil but because of your pure heart, he was so much regretful. He told me that we should get back to Allah and repent to him and he made me realise that no matter how much overburdened our sins are, he forgives us when we return back to him. He took me closer to Allah and look how I've changed.He used to fear concerning his sins of the past. He used to say that he's ashamed of himself to accept it in front of you but he also said that you're pure at heart and you would forgive him. I used to wonder how strong you are and how pure your heart is, and he was right, you actually did forgive us. Wallahi your good character makes me cry. You know what? I just wanted to say that never loose your innocence, never loose your pure heart. Just be as you are because the world needs people like you. Had you been not so innocent, we wouldn't be so guilty of our sins and we wouldn't be striving back to our lord. I somewhere strive to become like you." she said chuckling with moistened eyes while Rida shook her head in denial.
Rida secretly laughed at her thought. "Here it is." Ayesha took out her hand with a small box and an envelope. "What's this." Rida asked while taking it over from her hand. "Abdullah has sent it for you." Ayesha winked at her.
Rida was struggling with her patience right now. Her desire encouraged her to open it right away but her manners didn't allow her to. She was supposed to sit in the company of her sister in law. "Rida, who does Daniya look like?" asked Hana while holding the baby of Ayesha."Umm" Rida thought for a while to interrogate her and then said "more like Ahmad bhai.""See I told you." Hana said to Ayesha."But everyone tells me that she's more like me." Ayesha replied."Hmm I think her eyes are like yours and rest everything is like her father." said Hana looking at her."Really?... Wait." she said and turned towards Rida to speak "Rida you really don't need to do any formality. Just go and see what your husband has sent to you. Go.. Go.." she said pushing her away from her place.Rida said nothing except blushing and went right away to her room. She was right now thankful to Ayesha for this. She hurriedly opened the small box and found an elegant ring in it. The ring had one American diamond fixed with it. She wore it quickly and it perfectly fit her ring finger as if it was exclusively made for her. She tore the envelope and pulled out the paper in it. The initial words were "To my dearest wifey." she smiled reading it. Before reading further, she adjusted herself to sit comfortably leaning on the bed pillow and then read further."I hope this reaches you in the best of Iman and health.I know you must be battling with your life right now and I am sorry that I am not there for you. My bad. I couldn't inform you about my new job because you were already preoccupied with something or the other, I once came home to tell you but I couldn't because back then the time wasn't right. My phone is dead and I am not in this city anymore. Will tell you in detail when I come back in sha Allah. Ahem! Now coming to a bigger topic. I am sorry for what struck you in the past. You were innocent enough and because of us, you were hurt. I wouldn't deny that I am responsible for this tragedy too. Yes, you read it right. I was child back then and sometimes I used to make Rehan jealous of me purposely. May be I was too proud of myself and did that. I had long forgotten this until Rehan told me the entire story one day, the small flashbacks of my evil behaviour of childhood was brought into spot light. I know Rehan has been on the verge of his evil behaviour but I would also accept that I had ignited the fire that would burn down the entire forest. I know that Rehan had been at fault but I would also accept that I had been too. When he came to me to disclose this, I was very mad at him, so much that I wanted to kill him. I know that's haram by the way, but the feeling when someone touches your loved one with harm, is beyond my patience level. We all are battling our nafs, we all are going through a phase no one knows and everyday we are struggling against our own covetness, sometimes we pass and sometimes we fail to grip our soul from falling into the obvious error and this makes us human while returning back to Allah makes us a Muslim. Rehan indeed did an heinous act but didn't he return to Allah and asked forgiveness. I was mad at him but I forgave him because he took a step and returned to me at right time. If he had not done that then I would have been married to some one else and I would never have forgiven myself for this. Yes Rehan was wrong but Alhamdulillah he returned and so I forgave him because what he has gone through isn't enough as a punishment? I was afraid to not forgive him because I want Allah to forgive me on the Day of Resurrection.Regarding your matter, it is up to you whether you forgive him or not but wait, I have a suggestion. Forgive him Rida. Forgive him and you'll feel relieved. I know it's hard but it's all up to you. Islam doesn't encourage forgiveness just like that, there are reasons behind it. Not forgiving is a sign of weakness which eats us from inside and forgiving is a sign of strength which calms our messed up soul. Forgiveness elevates us not just spiritually but also mentally. We all are humans, we all err, we all sin but when we realise our mistakes, we tend to get back to our Lord and you know what the best part is? He forgives us, no matter how great our fault is. We want Allah to forgive us but when it comes to forgive others, we sit back swelling up our faces in pride. Will you forgive us? I hope you overcome this tragedy soon. May Allah preserve you for me. I am waiting for the day when we'll be together forever. I hope the ring rightly fits your ring finger. Regards,
Your loving hubby.
Monkey."
______A day later Rida was sitting in a halal restaurant, waiting for someone. She was surrounded with plenty people but her heart was empty. She was missing Abdullah at her side. After they were halal for each other, he always accompanied her to these places. "Assalamu Alaikum." said Umaira while taking a seat opposite to that of Rida. "Walaikum Assalam." replied she while observing the change which she didn't observe before when they met because she was too preoccupied by her own fear of facing them. Earlier she was a non hijabi but now she was not just wearing hijab but also complimented with an Abaya. Earlier her eyes threw daggers of hatred but now her eyes spoke volumes of sympathy. "How are you doing?" Umaira questioned. "I am fine Alhamdulillah." said Rida and then silence prevailed over the table of two. "Umm I just wanted to return this." Rida said breaking the silence while passing over a small box to Umaira.Umaira opened the box, looking at it and looked at Rida with questionable eyes. "Rehan gifted me this on the wedding night. I always kept this with me until now. I don't think that I should keep it with me any longer. Earlier it was hard for me to return this but now it's hard for me to keep it. I am over it now." said Rida. "Ohh." said Umaira with a silence after it. "I am sorry for the past behaviour. I have been really cruel to you. I am really ashamed of it." said Umaira. "It's okay. I forgive you as well as Rehan." said Rida. "Thank you for this." she said emphasizing the 'thank you' she uttered. "You are most welcome." replied Rida. "I wanted to say something more which Rehan didn't mention." Umaira said. "Yes?" "Umm I don't know how to start this." said she while taking a pause to find the right words to start the conversation. "Erm Rehan never betrayed you as a husband. I mean he was never betraying you because of me. Yes I would agree that I was with him sometimes when he was out but that doesn't mean we were in a relationship. He avoided talking to me but it was me who used to purposely get closer to him, to make you jealous, and I know a jealous wife is crazy when it comes to her husband. She fights making the bond more severe and not realising that the fights between them gives more space to the other person. To be honest he was never interested in me the way you thought." said Umaira."Then why did he get married to you so soon after our divorce." asked Rida."Long story. See it's like just after divorce, people started to complicate things by saying that Rehan left you because we were in a relationship. I know this rumour was from your side because even though Rehan wasn't interested in me, we were friends since childhood although our mothers planned to marry us off. No one ever said that and this all came after the divorce. I was sure that this was the result of your jealousy and I know you thought that he left you because of me but that wasn't true.After your divorce, the relatives started making false stories and slandered us. This did nothing but increased the distress of Rehan and just a day after your divorce, Rehan broke down mentally. He was admitted in the hospital. The doctor asked us to make him speak, he wasn't really talking to us or narrating anything.On the other hand our mothers were distressed with talks of the relatives. They wanted to marry us off but Rehan denied. I started to spend more time with him to let him release his grief coz I still loved him. One day he asked me if I really wanted to get married to him, and I don't know why he said this all of a sudden, may be he wanted to have someone with whom he could share his griefs. I told him that I wanted to get married to him and in return he told me his regretful story of the past. Believe me I had not seen him crying like that since he was a teenager. His every word came out with pain. First time I realized how our evil mischief bounces back to us. First time I wasn't feeling jealous of you but I was sympathetic towards you. He asked me that did I still want him to marry me and I said yes. He was shocked by my answer after he told me about his past because he somewhere thought that I would never say yes but my love was unconditional for him.As I grew up, my mother told me that she intends to marry me with Rehan. He was studying in abroad and when he came back he married you against his mother's will. I was devastated because of this and the devil in me asked me to be evil to you, make you jealous of us. I use to give ears to the shaytan because I wasn't closer to our Lord and I am glad Rehan took me closer to him.I told Rehan about my jealousy and he said that we have broken the heart of someone who was attached to Allah. He said that he wouldn't be so affected if you were a bit evil but because of your pure heart, he was so much regretful. He told me that we should get back to Allah and repent to him and he made me realise that no matter how much overburdened our sins are, he forgives us when we return back to him. He took me closer to Allah and look how I've changed.He used to fear concerning his sins of the past. He used to say that he's ashamed of himself to accept it in front of you but he also said that you're pure at heart and you would forgive him. I used to wonder how strong you are and how pure your heart is, and he was right, you actually did forgive us. Wallahi your good character makes me cry. You know what? I just wanted to say that never loose your innocence, never loose your pure heart. Just be as you are because the world needs people like you. Had you been not so innocent, we wouldn't be so guilty of our sins and we wouldn't be striving back to our lord. I somewhere strive to become like you." she said chuckling with moistened eyes while Rida shook her head in denial.
Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, gentleness is not found in anything but that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything but that it disgraces it.”
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ource: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2594
"I am sorry for the inconvenience of the rumour. I supposed that you were the reason of our divorce and thus I told some people who were close to me but the news spread like a wild fire. Although I didn't intend everyone to know that." said Rida.
Yahya ibn Abu Kathir said "The tale carrier and liar causes more harm within an hour than the magician does within a year."
"That's okay. We wouldn't be married if it wasn't done anyways." said Umaira laughing while Rida joined her."But I've realised that just because wrong has been done to you, doesn't make you valid to do wrong with others." said Umaira."Yeah." said Rida subsiding her laugh."Can I just hug you once?" Umaira asked standing up. "Ehh ofcourse." Rida said while standing for it.Both of them embraced each other tightly dropping a few pearls on each other's shoulder.Islam does make us a better person, everyday.Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: ZingTruyen.Info