HIJRAH IS LOVE
Chapter 57. The Arrival of Mother-in-Law
This morning Ghibran started working again. He would hold meetings with his confidants to give them power. The man only comes twice a week because of the distance he has to travel up to six hours.
Aisha at home will be accompanied by their daughter Syifa. The girl is not going to school anymore because she is going to move to a new place. At first the boy objected because he had just gotten comfortable at this new school and had to move again.
Aisha sat on the sofa of the living room while watching television. While his daughter is busy playing with her dolls.
Suddenly the sound of the apartment door being knocked. Aisha, who was willing to stand up, opened the door, which was forbidden by the princess.
"Let me open the door, Mi" Syifa said. The boy ran to the door and opened it. Behind the door stood Mother Nur, Annisa and her daughter Aqila.
Syifa was silent at their arrival. He stood still and did not let them in. Until Mother Nur's voice broke the silence.
"Can grandma come in?" ask Mother Nur.
"Please, Grandma!" syifa said nervously.
Nur's mother stepped in followed by Annisa who was holding her daughter. Half-running Syifa approached her mother. Hugging tightly as if she was afraid the grandmother would hurt the mother's feelings.
"Mommy, there's grandma" whispered Syifa.
Aisha looked back and saw her mother-in-law with Annisa and Aqila in the woman's arms. The woman stood up and shook her hands and kissed her.
"Please sit down, Mom!" aisha invited her in-laws to sit down.
Annisa then shakes Aisha's hand. Bringing Aqila to sit on her lap. Afraid that the events at his home Aqila repeated, Syifa immediately hid her beloved doll. Some were left on the floor. Maybe for him it can be borrowed other than those hidden in the room.
"Sorry I said goodbye. Make a drink" said Aisha slowly. He has not recovered properly. Syifa ran to prevent her mother.
"Mommy sit down. Papi said mom can't work. Still sick" said the boy. He pulled her hand to sit back on the sofa.
"Honey, my mom only makes water for grandma and Auntie" said Aisha trying to explain.
Aisha was forced to comply with what the boy had asked. He smiled with his brother-in-law and brother-in-law. The woman doesn't know if Ghibran's mother is just another mother.
Syifa returned from the kitchen with two bottles of mineral water. After putting that down, he returned to the kitchen to pick up a snack.
"Sorry, Mom. Just mineral water" said Aisha, feeling bad.
"It's okay, Ma'am. If I wanted to I could do it myself. And what Syifa did. She said she was recovering" Annisa said.
"Aisha, I'm sorry that I didn't get to see you in the hospital. Mom and Annisa and the rest of the family, don't know if you're in the care" she said.
"It's okay, Mom. I also can't be visited because the doctor asked for rest" Aisha replied.
She seemed to be breathing heavily. Not knowing where to start. She came without her husband knowing.
"Look Aisha, two days ago actually Ghibran to the house. He said you were sick. To my surprise, Ghibran said that if you are sick because of depression think about your words. Do you know which mother's words made you angry and offended into thoughts and depression?" ask Mother Nur.
Aisha smiled in response to the in-laws' words. What's he supposed to say? Which words? He also did not know anymore which speech was depressing because actually everything Ibu Nur said was very imprinted on the heart and hurt.
"I also don't know which mother's words hurt me the most and hurt me. But I have forgiven and forgiven everything. When we forgive others, it means that we have restored the hearts of two people at once. The heart of him who does wrong, and the heart that sincerely accepts" said Aisha.
"Mbak Aisha is very kind, it is fitting that Brother Ghibran loves you very much" Annisa said.
"Pardon, sometimes not because we are too kind but because the heart can no longer be filled with hatred. Life is too short to be filled with hate and bad thinking about our neighbors. Forgiveness is a process of building strength. Forgive the person who hurt you, be a strong and loving personality" Aisha replied.
Mother Nur and Annisa fell silent. Don't know what to say anymore. He thought Aisha would say something and would be angry with him, but the reception of the daughter-in-law was good.
If someone insults you and humiliates you with something he knows you have, then do not repay him with something you know is on him. Bad consequences let him bear them." -(HR Abu Daud).
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