Behind Aisha's Veil

Fall in Love

Anita's mother and her husband looked at her daughter in surprise.

"Stop working?"

"Yes Mother. Daddyh. Sorry Nita. Nita wants to study religion first in a pesantren."

Nita's mother glanced at her husband at a glance, then returned to see her beloved daughter who had several days changed her appearance by dressing syar'i.

Undeniably, his daughter's decision to close the aurat and merta brought significant positive changes, one of which made her look more mature than before.

"You sure? Your career is very good, baby if it's just left behind." Stepfather Anita voiced.

Anita answered with just a nod of her head.

Anita's mother approached her daughter..

"Well, if that's what you want, your mom and dad will support you as long as it's what's best for you."

Anita hugged her mother.

"Thank you mom."

While the stepfather patted Anita's shoulder slowly. Just like his wife he will support whatever the decision of Anita, because even though he is not his biological child, but he still loves Anita like his own daughter.

***

Anita was moved by the warm welcome by Lela and the rest of her family, they all greeted her with joy, as if having completely forgotten all her deeds the other day that had tried to ruin Aisha's household.

Ummi brought Anita into the house, showing her the room he had prepared for her.

"No Ummi. I'll stay with the other students. I don't want to stay here and trouble Ummi with the family."

Ummi shook his head.

"No Son. You better stay with us here."

"But Ummi..."

"No Son. You've Ummi considered Ummi's son, so you should stay here with us, this is Aisha's message to all of us if you have to stay with us."

Anita gave up, despite feeling bad, embarrassed and shy, but finally she was willing to stay there.

Seeing their treatment all Anita felt lucky to have been met with good people, which could not be denied that thanks to them also he could get guidance until now he emigrated.

Just like Aisha, all her siblings are no less kind and friendly, they happily accept Anita's arrival, especially after knowing her intentions and goals, they were immediately moved and amazed by his good intentions to study religion again to be willing to leave his career as a growing doctor.

"Are you ready to move?" ask Zainab who turns out to be the same age as Anita.

Anita looked confused at Zainab's question.

"I'm ready" replied Anita confidently.

Zainab smiled.

"Alhamdulillah. But what you should know if there is no migration without testing. Hijrah is like a bitter medicine, but it is actually for our own healing, for our salvation and good in the world and the hereafter. Prepare yourself from the insults, insults, taunts and perhaps 'sook alim' words of those around you."

Anita fell silent, pervading Zainab's words.

"Hijrah is not just dressed syar'i, there is morality and behavior that is also required to be shar'i, because after the hijrah, there is still an istiqomah that must be questioned."

"God willing. Istiqamah does need a struggle, no matter how hard I will survive."

***

Alvian looks focused staring at the screen of his laptop, it has been a few hours he sat at his desk seriously, because the night is getting late, Aisha approached her husband, asking him to rest.

Alvian instead pulled his wife to sit on his lap.

"A little while, baby. I have to study the disease from the patient I'm going to have surgery on tomorrow."

Aisha, who wrapped her hands around her husband's neck, stared at the laptop screen where she could not understand the many medical terms.

"It's night, tomorrow after the morning prayer resumes, now we should sleep," said Aisha again reminded her husband.

"All right, baby." Alvian turned off his laptop, he then clutched his wife's body tightly with both hands while kissing Aisha affectionately.

"I love you" whispered Alvian many times.

"What does love mean in medical science?" ask Aisha nosy.

Alvian seemed to think.

"Fall in love is when the hormone oxytocin increases, a hormone that makes feelings very happy to the point that it causes the heart to beat fast and sweaty palms. When a person is in love, his body is flooded with hormones that produce feelings of pleasure, obsession and closeness. Falling in love does start from the eyes, but from the eyes the feeling is in the process through the mind," replied Alvian at length.

"If you think what is love?" ask Alvian back.

"Love is a feeling of affection which is the nature of man and also the gift of God in the creation of the universe. Love is only to God, love is to what God loves, love is to and because of God."

"So I also love you because of God" Aisha continued.

Alvian smiles.

***

Nayla as usual dressed up as beautiful as possible, her determination to attract the attention of Alvian apparently did not subside even though she knew that Aisha already knew.

He who was very confident in the beauty and beauty of his body, felt sure that Alvian would be tempted. He did it because he wanted Alvian to be his. Especially after the last quarrel she and her husband, the husband did not go home until now, which then she believed if her husband had decided to leave her.

Therefore, she must immediately find a better replacement from her husband, as a remedy for the disappointment of her family first because it has chosen the wrong man, so this time he had to introduce a special man who would make his father and the rest of his family proud.

And he thinks Doctor Alvian is the right guy. She is the perfect man to be her husband.

Although he knew if what he did was wrong, but for the sake of his happiness and his entire family, he was willing to do anything, including taking the property of others. Moreover, what he did now was even commonplace, a woman snatched someone else's husband, as some of his friends had done.

Nayla was standing at the door waiting for Alvian to come out of her house.

Luckily, it wasn't long before Alvian came out. By ourselves. Makes me think this is his chance.

"Good morning doc."

Alvian did not glance or answer his greeting at all, he kept walking.

Nayla blocked her path.

Alvian shocked.

"It's so arrogant" he said flirtatiously.

Alvian looked furious, he turned his face away while gritting his teeth.

"Dear." Suddenly, Aisha's voice was heard behind her.

Aisha approaches her husband who is blocked by Nayla.

Aisha looked at Nayla with a smile.

"Excuse me, my husband will pass."

Nayla who was upset because of the arrival of Aisha shifted her body.

Alvian then walked away leaving the two with his annoyed face.

Aisha then looked at Nayla from top to bottom, with her sexy clothes and thick make-up.

"My husband will never be attracted to you even if you're naked in front of him. He'll never look at you. Absolutely."

"here. I tell you," said Aisha again.

"Don't be a despicable woman, who makes the aurat as bait to tempt people's husbands."

"Don't be busy beautifying physically, trying to look beautiful by wearing powder and lipstick, it won't interest my husband."

"I'm just reminding. I know your hell is none of my business, because heaven is not necessarily my place either."

"Beautiful capital will be less attractive to women who are moral and good religion."

***

Zaidan got out of his car, while he was stunned to see the car next to him. The car he used to see.

He then looked around, in the parking lot of the boarding school he seemed to be looking for someone.

"Is the doctor here too?" he murmured in his heart while walking towards the office of the secretariat of the Pondok board.

Anita who was about to walk to her car was shocked to see Zaidan walking towards her, she seemed nervous not to want Zaidan to recognize her, the veil she used to fix to cover her entire face.

"Doctor Anita." A woman called him loudly.

Zaidan instantly stopped right in front of Anita who directly lowered her head.

Zaidan smiled, knowing that in front of him was the doctor he had been looking for.

"Assalamualaikum," said Zaidan very happy to see the appearance of Anita.

"Waalaikum salam," he replied briefly and then immediately walked hurriedly to the santri who called him earlier.