Friendship Has Changed Destiny
Chapters 18. True friend
The day was late, the funeral home was quiet again, the neighbors, friends and other mourners were home to each other. Now there are only Zia, her sister, Rania and Angga. Tonight Angga and Rania decide to stay over, only those that Zia has at this moment to comfort her heart.
They gathered in the living room, Angga trying to open a conversation to eliminate the silence.
"Tomorrow we will go to the hospital to visit Mom, hopefully tomorrow there is good development about Mom's health. As long as mom's taken care of I'll pick you up who, uh, go back and forth from the house to the hospital if needed and please Rania can take care of her sister Zia as long as Zia keeps the mother in the hospital because there is no way our sister Zia left alone in this house."
"Alright, I will bring her sister Zia to my house, there will be Mang Asep and Bik Asih who can pay attention to her, besides I will have friends at home."
"Sorry, forgive us", Zia said.
"We've been troubling you", he continued.
"Who says you're troubling us", replied Rania.
"You are my friend Zia, if you are sad I am sad, your family is my family Zia."
Suppose you approach Zia and say, "You are my lover, my future wife, the future mother of my children, your pain is my pain and your happiness is also my happiness so never feel condolences."
Tired of their decision to rest, Rania sleeps in Zia's room and Angga sleeps in her room with her sister Zia.
At 03.00 am Zia woke up, she went straight to the bathroom to take ablution. He wants to perform tahajud prayers so that his heart and mind are calm.
The Prophet of SWA said in a hadith
..." When he awoke and spoke the name of God, a knot fell. Then when he wudhu loosened one more knot. Then when he prays, the last knot looses. So it's fresh in the morning ". (CHR. Muttafaqun'alaih)...
In addition to making the heart and mind calm by praying tahajud do'a will also be granted Allah SWT.
In his Word the Prophet said:
..." At night there is a time when not a Muslim will offer Allah a prayer relating to the world and the Hereafter coinciding with that time but Allah will give what he asks. This happens every night "(HR. Muslims no. 757)...
So when a servant prays for something when another Muslim is fast asleep, that is where the great opportunity of all his prayers will be granted by Allah.
After ablution Zia returned to his room and performed tahajud prayers two raka'at. In his prayer he wept complaining about all the burdens that were pressing on his chest, asking for the healing of his beloved mother and asking heaven as the best place for his late father. Then he asked God to strengthen his heart to face the challenges of life in the future.
At dawn, Zia was used to reading the Qur'an while waiting for the prayer time.
When the morning Adhan reverberated, all woke up to perform the dawn prayer and this time it was the members who became their prayer priests.
As usual Zia routine after morning prayers, she cooks fried rice terasi ceplok eggs for their breakfast menu. Rania helps wash dishes and sweep the house, while Angga works out and Zia's sister sweeps the yard.
All the homework was done, they one by one went to take a shower and then regrouped in the dining room for breakfast together.
Fried rice has been served on the table with sweet tea and warm water, although only a simple menu but togetherness makes the dish more delicious.
"Hemmm, fragrant and delicious taste of fried rice, it turns out my future wife is good at cooking, it feels so impatient to quickly justify so that every day can continue like this."
"Huh, you want, say I can't wait for the first night" said Rania.
"That's it anyway, besides that's what makes the household more harmonious."
"You guys have been talking so bawdy in the morning just shy of the same ado" continued Zia.
"Agree the deck if Bang Angga marries your brother?"
"Again dong bang, Bang Angga is handsome like a holywood movie star and a nice guy again."
"Don't want Zia if invited to rush married, ntar you just be a kitchen aunt can't career."
"Oh, make no mistake Nia, if Zia marries me she will make me queen in the house and in my heart."
"Cie cie, so sweet."
Zia just smiled at their babbling.
"Hurry up to finish breakfast, we'll look at you in the hospital, I miss you."
"Oh yeah, talking about mom last night at the hospital on the phone, she said she was conscious and this morning would be moved to a regular ward."
"Alhamdulillah", replied Zia and Rania together.
"Yes deck."
"Horeee, sister can see mom. Can you come along?"
"Yes for today. Tomorrow you have to come with Rania, stay there until mom is allowed to go home, today we call the school for permission not to enter, tomorrow we all go to school."
After clearing the dining table the four of them immediately prepared to go to the hospital.
Rania has called Asep's mang to pick him up at Zia's house because after coming from the hospital she will immediately bring Zia's brother home.
After the Asep mang arrived they immediately departed, Angga with Zia riding his sports car while Rania and Zia adek ride the car with the Asep mang.
They arrived at the hospital, Angga immediately asked the nurse if the mother had been moved to the usual care room or not.
It turns out that mom was transferred this morning.
The nurse took them to the nursery.
When he arrived at the room where Zia and her sister were treated, he was very happy to see a smiling mother seeing their arrival even though they still looked weak. Zia and her sister immediately hugged her mother and tried to hold back the tears.
"Mom, we miss Mom."
"Mom misses you too, son."
There were tears floating in my eyelids,
She tried to hold back her tears from being seen by her children. Then Zia introduced Angga to her mother.
"Mom, this is Angga Zia's friend, she's the one who took care of everything ma'am. That's Rania coming with you, too, last night they slept at our house to accompany us."
Angga and Rania approached and greeted Mother.
"Assalamu'alaikum ma'am, how's mom doing this morning?"
"Waalaikumsalam, Thank God son, the condition of the mother is now better, thank you both have helped the Mother's family, until everything is finished, we do not know how to repay your kindness."
"Mother don't think about it" Angga replied.
"We sincerely did it, the important thing is now that the mother has to recover for the sake of Zia and sister, they really need the mother. Now it is only the mother who strengthens their hearts. They've already lost Dad and won't be strong if they have to lose mom either."
Mother cried while thanking Angga and Rania.
"Later after the mother is healthy and returns home we will take Mother, Zia and sister for the pilgrimage to Father's tomb, all of us also want a pilgrimage", continued Angga.
"Thank you, son, I'll say thank you again."
"Oh yes ma'am, she will stay at Rania's house temporarily until the mother is allowed to go home by the doctor. Poor if you have to live alone in the house while Zia will take care of mother here" said Rania.
"So troublesome nak Rania, Adek will be stubborn and rugged, later even troublesome family nak Rania."
"Ah mom open the adek card, adek will be embarrassed mom same sister Nia and Kak Angga."
"Based on you deck, it's true what Mom said."
"Yes yes later at home sister Nia adek will not be wayward, adek want to be a good boy you know brother."
"Yes, ", replied Zia.
"Siap", replied adek while giving a thumbs up.
"Nia's happy that Adek's mom wants to stay at Nia's house,
Nia has friends. During this time Papa often out of town and sometimes even out of the country, Nia only lives with Mang Asep and Bik Asih. If there's a scene, the house becomes more and more rame."
As long as they were gathered, Mom was comforted, momentarily forgetting about Dad and forgetting about his pain.
The rush hour has run out and the mother has to rest, they are asked out of the patient room by the nurse, only one person can stay to take care of the patient.
Angga, Rania and Adek immediately say goodbye to mother and Zia, they will go home first and will come back again later in the afternoon while bringing food.
