Destined to be

Chapter Thirty Six

Amaani has been having sleep deprivation, so she woke up around 3:30am in order to pray tahajjud ( night prayer ), she stood up from her bed sloggishly to the bathroom where she performed ablution,came out after some minutes and picked her hijab from the chest of drawers and a praying rug,she prayed five raka'ats and prolonged each sujood,after the prayer,she recited the Qur'an,made some supplications,some adhkars and other form of prayers,she squeezed her eyes shut and prayed to Allah for the things she loves and to those she loves, Amaani cried out her heart to Allah to make her strong to deal with anything that is coming to her either good or bad,she prayed to Allah to accept her Dua and for all other Muslim brothers and sisters. Amaani felt peace after the prayer and she started dozing on the floor on the praying rug,so she stood up and folded her hijab and praying rug and jumped on her bed tiredly,she laid on her right side and turned off the side lamp on the bedside drawer,in few minutes Amaani dozed off to sleep.

On the other hand Ummu and Abbu too were awake as usual praying tahajjud,after praying,they fell asleep too.

It was a beautiful Sunday morning,it was partly cloudy and windy,gentle breeze kept blowing Amaani's curtain which made her open her eyes halfway,the beauty of nature attracted her to the window where she peeped and smiled at the beauty of nature,she wondered why she was happy,she was very happy to the extreme that morning,she whispered yo herself; "The more I see the world the more I silently whisper Alhamdulillah for Islam", it was that time that she remembered that Ahmad's elders are coming to their house to discuss something important,she kept asking herself what the important thing is,then she finally said; I don't think it's nothing other than marriage,may Allah see us through,Ameen.

Amaani walked out of her room,on her way to the parlour,she saw Larai, holding a tray and was very busy,she heard some noises in the kitchen,the face she saw made her jumped up happily,she hugged them tightly, it was Aunty Leems, Aunty Deejah and Aunty Hauwa who they call Aunty Jidda, they came to help Ummu in making some snacks,drinks and food for the visitors,she greeted them and they answered happily complimenting on her becoming chubby like Ummu and becoming more beautiful each and everyday. Aunty Leems warned Amaani that she shouldn't let anything ruin or make her beauty fade, Amaani nodded her head in agreement and smiled sweetly. They continued talking before Amaani asked for Mummy and they told her that she won't be able to come because she's not feeling too well,Amaani prayed to Allah to grant Mummy shifa. Amaani walked to Abbu's parlour where she found him seated on the accent chair watching BBC news and sipping some iced tea,he adjusted his glasses on seeing Amaani and Amaani greeted him respectfully and he answered her back kindly and lovingly,they talked about some things before he asked her if she has any idea on why Ahmad's family are rushing things,but she sighed and told Abbu that she asked Ahmad recently and he told her that everything would be okay that she should continue praying and Abbu I think something is wrong with Ahmad that he can't handle or deal with, Amaani said sighfully before she continued; Abbu let's keep praying too for Allah to give us strength in order to handle this situation,Abbu nodded his head in agreement and appreciated his daughters deep thinking before she went out of the parlour. Abby felt so lucky to have Amaani as his daughter and he also thought of Amaan too who's very good at thinking.

Amaani went back to the kitchen and Aunty Deejah passed her her phone and said; you left your phone here while my son-in-law has been calling you,Aunty Leems rolled her eyes and said; why didn't you pick it? You should have done so since I see that you are angry at her just because he has been calling her while she's away. Aunty Deejah shouted; whatever Leems! Concentrate on your work before you cut your hands. Ummu who has been laughing at her sisters told them to keep quiet if not they'll continue to they end up quarrelling. Aunty Deejah went out of the kitchen with Amaani straight to Amaani's bedroom where she told Amaani to take her bath and wear something nice,Amaani did as ordered,before Amaani came outta the bathroom Aunty Deejah laid on Amaani's bed in order to rest.