TAUHIDA ✔️

Chapter 12

~°°~Spend a lot of time with yourself, it's called self love~°°~

Abuja, Nigeria.

19th January, 2022.
8:47 am.

Beep, beep, beep........... "Hasbunallah"

A startled Sayf woke up from his sleep muttering the tasbih. From his several nightmares, that one was the scariest.

It was about someone close to him dying but he always couldn't see the face of the person, it ended each time the face was about to show.

But that particular day, a face showed up and it scared him even more. He knew, dreams didn't mean reality but there was an underlying feeling that came with the fear of it turning out true.

He turned his face taking in a deep breath and looked at the clock by the side of his mattress, it was 4:14 in the morning.

Sayf didn't bother trying to fall asleep again, he wouldn't even if he wanted to. It was a gift that came with his nightmares, an inability to go back to sleep after one.

And since it will soon be time for prayer, he chose not to.

He stepped out of his tent and fetched some water, performed the ablution and went back in to pray some nawafil before subhi. It had become a part of him, one of the beautiful ones.

Just as he expected it, he didn't even realise when time flew.

And when he heard several shifting outside, he knew it was time to pray so he stepped outside and they prayed subhi together.

"I am going to the mountains today, I need to get network to call home, it has been a while" Jabir said to them after they've paused their prayers.

There was a mountain few minutes walk away from there and behind it is where they get network to make a call because there was no network in their camp.

"Yes, let's go together after breakfast before we start the patrol" Zanna said making Jabir to nod at him.

"I guess Ray must be done with the food, we should check" Jalal said getting up on his feet, he wore his shoes and headed to the open space where they prepare their simple food everyday.

Ray tasked himself to start preparing food for them every morning while they prayed. He respected their ways of worshipping, and they did too.

After the breakfast, Lieutenant Jabir and Zanna left for the mountains as agreed.

Each one of them called home and chatted for a while with their families.

Jabir was the first to scroll through social media. The first news he saw there shocked him and he had to recheck if he misread the headline.

As if not believing what he saw, he passed the phone to Zanna so he will confirm.

And truly, it was the death of Alhaji Hakeem Elnafaty because even when they googled it, it appeared to be true. The two immediately set back to the camp with only one thought in their minds how they will break the news to Sayf.