Behind Aisha's Veil

Zayn

Nela pulled her mother's hand. Invite him to go.

Her mother did not budge, she looked at Aisha with anger.

"I'm not talking to you. Why are you interfering?"

Aisha smile.

"I interfered because you were talking about me too."

"What do you mean?"

"I am the 'legitimate wife' you said earlier."

Nurul's mother looked shocked. So did Nurul and her sister.

"If you don't know what's really going on, you better not be pretentious, and squawk as if you know everything."

"I understand your feelings, as a mother you must be hurt because your daughter is not married, but as a believer you should also know if the soul mate is God determined. Ustadz Zaidan is not your daughter's match. Realize it. And instead of blaming, finding out the ugliness and opening someone's disgrace and saying in front of many people with the intention of wanting to make him ashamed you better introspect yourself first, then, Before looking for the mistakes of others it is better to look at yourself first, because it could be your faults and shortcomings that are more. A deficiency that makes Ustadz Zaidan more steady to choose the woman you think is bad than your daughter."

Nurul's mother fell silent. He was immediately wrong. Nurul just kept his head down.

Zaidan and Zayn smiled at Aisha who turned the situation around.

Aisha saw Anita.

"Stop crying. Smile because when you are reproached, humiliated and demeaned by others, do not be sad, the person is doing good to you from both sides."

"First. He's giving you his kindness." Aisha looked at Nurul and her mother with a smile.

"second. Because of the reproach and humiliation that you have received, God takes away your sins." Aisha is back to see Anita.

Nurul's mother looked very angry, she did not accept all Aisha's words but she could not say anything more, lucky Nela pulled her hand again to take her away, finally he he and his two children can go from there in half a hurry because they do not hold the shame.

Zaidan glanced at Anita at a glance, seeing that his future wife was still sobbing in tears, he could do nothing but look down feeling guilty.

Anita tried to stop her crying, she wiped her tears against Zaidan and her sister.

"Thank you Aisha." Anita tries to smile while seeing Aisha as well as her two sisters.

Aisha nodded as well while smiling and stroking her best friend's arm.

"I have to go" Anita said, turning her body towards the car.

"Don't. Your mood is not good, you should wait for you a little calmer." Lela prevents Anita from leaving. Siti and Aisha agree.

"I'm doing fine. You take it easy, "Anita keeps trying to smile so as not to make Lela and the others worry.

Anita then said hello and entered her car, before long she drove her vehicle to leave the cottage.

Likewise with Zaidan and his sister, they also entered the car and immediately left there after saying goodbye to Aisha and the others.

A few moments later.

Zayn occasionally glanced at Zaidan while smiling to himself, while being glimpsed in serious driving focus.

Zayn looked at his watch, then yawned and glanced at his brother once more.

"We're gonna be late."

"Let it go" Zaidan replied without looking at his sister, focusing on driving while looking at the car in front of him.

"Yes. Let it. After all who cares about the anger of brother Amira, the most important thing now is the safety of my sister-in-law." Zayn pointed at the car in front of him. The car that had been followed by his brother, a car that drove slowly so that they would not want their car to go slowly.

Zaidan didn't budge.

"Calm down, I will defend Brother if Amira is angry that we are late, I will say if we were escorting my sister-in-law's candidate to get to her destination safely, because if something happens to him, my brother will not be married, then that will cost me also who will not marry," said Zayn at length.

Zaidan glanced at his sister.

"You just graduated, have you thought about getting married?"

"What harm? I'm 25 years old, the ideal age to build a household."

"Is there a woman who has attracted your heart?"

"Among the angels, is anyone single? ."

Zaidan smiled. He seems to get the idea to match his sister with one of Aisha's older sisters.

"You mean the daughters of the late Abah?"

"Yes. Besides the shalihah I'm also sure if they're very pretty." Zayn smiled to himself.

"There was. Two people."

"really?" ask Zayn enthusiastically.

"But they're widows."

"Both?"

Zaidan nodded.

Zayn was silent for a moment.

"No problem" he said again with a smile.

Zaidan also smiled.

"Are you serious?"

Zayn just laughed without giving an answer.

Meanwhile.

Anita kept looking at the rearview mirror, where she saw Zaidan's car just keep following her car from earlier, in her heart of course she felt happy because it was a sign that Zaidan was worried about her.

But he wondered if Zaidan had not been affected by Nurul's mother's words? After learning of her bad past, is it true that Zaidan still wants to make it as a wife?

***

Aisha had just returned home from her brother's grave, when she got home, she was shocked to find her parents-in-law waiting for her.

Aisha was immediately welcomed by her mother-in-law.

"Your husband called us, told us you were going to be here while he was at the seminar outside the city. That's very nice, son. Indeed a young pregnant woman like you should not stay alone at home, there should be someone to look after and take care of you."

"Actually I'd love to take you home, but maybe you'll feel more comfortable living here with Ummi and your sisters, you won't be lonely here."

"No mom, I'm also comfortable staying at mom's house, of course I'll stay there later too."

The in-laws look happy, he then asks about the pregnancy of his daughter-in-law, chatting with Ummi and his brothers Aisha.

Nightfall.

Finished the phone call with Alvian, Aisha who was preparing to sleep received a phone call from Anita.

"Sorry Aisha. I'm bothering you at night."

"It's okay."

Anita then told her heartbreak.

"Zaidan just sent me a message, he apologized for what happened last afternoon, he felt if it was his fault."

"Aisha. Instead of feeling hesitant after knowing all my vices in the past, she made me believe that she felt no mistake in choosing me as her companion."

"That's great, Ustadz Zaidan is indeed a very good man. You're lucky."

"Because that's why now I feel like he's too good for me."

"Do you know if we have to defend someone who has these four criteria."

"First. The one who knows your bad side but doesn't leave you. The two people who understand your situation even though you didn't tell. The three people who believed in you completely even though you were not confident at that time. The four people who didn't come to hate you when everyone hates you so much."

"It's all in ustadz Zaidan, his defense because you won't find a man like that anymore."