Till Death, Do Us Apart.(Islamic Story)

Chapter 8

The sky was beginning to fade it's colour as soon as the sun decided to set. The street got even more busier than before, bursting with vehicles;as everyone of them want to reach their respective destinations. He went up to the third floor of the mosque, went to the terrace and sat sat on the bench looking at the beautiful view in front of him and also waiting for the call for maghrib prayer. It was so peaceful out there till someone opened the door with a bang and sighed a relief.

"I knew that you would follow me!" said Hammad without turning and smiled.

"You jerk! I searched you everywhere! And here you are sitting alone, enjoying sunset!" screamed Haroon and sat beside Hammad.

There was a peaceful silence between them,until the call for prayer errupted. And this time it was more peaceful than before, it calmed Hammad and also calmed Haroon's heart. This is the fourth time that he is listening to the Adhan, he so ashamed of himself right now, that he thought Allah SWT will never forgive him for what he did. He spent his entire 7 years either drinking and hanging out with the wrong party or smoking, in short he did every thing to get rid of those loneliness and longness! He used to hide himself from every one, even his sister! He started ignoring everyone and stopped talking because at the end he thought he is going to lose them! He doesn't want to lose anyone now! He love them way too much! But that's what the problem is he love them! And he can't hurt them by ignoring them, but he did anyway!

As soon as it finished, they recited the dua and stood up to pray Maghrib Salah.

"You okay, Hammad?" asked Haroon not meeting his eyes.

"Alhamdulilah! A little upset! But I think Allah SWT surely want to give me something better! Don't worry! I will have Sabr (patience) Innallaha ma'assabirin!(Allah is with the patient one)" replied Hammad and wiped his eyes as they were blood shot.

"Insha Allah! Surely he will!" said Haroon and patted his back.

"Insha Allah!" smiled Hammad.

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"Hammad!" Called Haniya for the fifth time who was sitting on the couch with Ruaa and Sarah, who's not able to meet her eyes with her husband.

"Yeah Hanoo! What is it?" asked Hammad.

"Are you fine?"

"Alhamdulilah! I am fine!" replied Hammad "But how did you guys know that I knew everything?"

"Actually, we heard Haroon screaming your name! He told me that you over heard us!" said Ruaa and sighed.

"Yeah! Actually I came here to call him downstairs, Bilal was calling him, to stay by his side! Sorry Ruaa, it's your wedding day and we........"said Hammad.

"No ya akhi! I am your sister and it's completely fine" eventhough she is his cousin sister, but every girl want her wedding with happiness around her, but here it seems totally different. Instead of teasing her to death, he is apologising. He looked at his fragile wife, who is staring at the the floor so intensely that it could burn the whole, she is looking at everything but him. He smiled and stood up!

"Yallah! (come on), let's go and let the bride be ready to meet her husband.... Huh Yallah!" said Hammad and forwarded his hand at Sarah.

As she gently kept her hand on his after about thinking for 5 seconds, they went out of the room.

"They are strong! All they have to do is Sabr!"said Ruaa.

"Yeah! Allah SWT will be by their side!" said Haniya and smiled "Okay now let's doll you up! By the way where's Reem?" 

"On her way from the airport! Their flight got delayed! So!" replied Ruaa.

As soon as they reached the terrace, Hammad pulled her in a tight embrace and closed his eyes. All he wanted to do was rest for a while after what happened. None of them spoke for 5 minutes as Sarah was sobbing continuously clutching Hammad's shirt and making it wet by her hot tears.