Rí-al Love

2. Bitter truth

28th, July, 2018

"Assalamu alaikum"

"Wa alaikum salam"

"How are you?"

"Alhamdhulillah"

"Why didn't you message me la?"

"Nothing da"

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After keeping her phone aside, she had gone to sleep. It was her school friend, Afeera, a good Islamic girl, Ridha's best friend from her VI grade. Sadhia , Afeera and Ridha is the three idiotic characters who makes fun of each other in their tour, going madharsa , having fun at class, sharing worries, guiding each other and advising Islamically ,etc till she vacated her house from JJ nagar to coastal area. She used to text them, talk them once in a two or three months. Soon after she shifted her home from JJ nagar, she missed all the fun, happiness and suffered a lot for more than a year all alone. As the days passed, her feelings turn to beautiful memories...

"Sana, please wake up, you are missing fajr daily", Ridha shouted.

Then turning on the light and off the fan, she made her way to do ablution and after completing her fajr, she wanted to take a nap since Sunday morning. A sudden urge to take her phone to see some texts, she took her phone from the charger, a bitter truth displayed on the screen. She couldn't believe what she was a seeing is true or any fake message arrived or she misinterpreted to read the text, she again look into the message,

"My dad passed away, please make dua for him"- Afeera's text at 4 am...

She don't know how to react, she got plenty of questions in her mind, 'the day before she texted me well, what happened now...' Many unanswered questions encircling her mind, then she tried to call her, not attend, then she called her cousin Bhurhan, she also not picked the call, then no choice to confirm about this news, so she texted Ahmed,

Ridha - "Assalamu alaikum"
Soon after he replied, 'thank Allah he is online',

Ahmed - "Wa alaikum Salam"

Ridha - "I need to know about one thing. Did you know that Afeera's dad passed away the last night?"

Ahmed - "What happened? I don't know"

Ridha - "Well, can you ask Bhurhan's brother about this, let me know soon?"

A minute later,

Ahmed - "Yeah, her dad died due to heart attack, my friend is returning from native to see him"

"Inna lillahi Wa inna ilaihi Rajioon (Indeed we return to Allah). Thanks a lot for this information"

After that, she passed the news to her school friends group and tried to inform the other best one, Sadhia. Finally her dad picked up the call, stating she went to her sister house the last night. Ridha told to inform Sadhia about the news and ended the call. Then she informed to her family and left her place to JJ Nagar with her dad.

Many crowded on the street, then she entered her house. She saw a man sleeping in the hall with the white cover on his entire body except his glowing face with a smile. Besides him, her friend stands by wearing a black Abhaya(black long cloak) and covering her face with nose piece, keeping one hand on her dad who fall asleep a ten hour before, this picture made her messy in that atmosphere where all are shedding tears silently around him.

Ridha made her way to her friend, she doesn't know how to react to her in that situation. She mostly seen her as enthusiastic friend who makes fun and remain happy. But today the scenario is quite opposite. On seeing Ridha, she cried even more. Ridha engulfed her in a hug consoling her not to cry. With short of words, she stood nearby her. Mohamed stood in front of the peacefully sleeping man and he recited the Salam and left outside by signalling Ridha.