Last Prayer

The Exciting News

"Allahuacabar ... Oathakbar ..."

The sound of the adhan echoed by the muezzin in the mosque not far from my mother-in-law's house sounded faint. But it was enough to wake me who was sleeping in the contest. I saw Aris still sleeping curled up by hugging the bolster. The blanket that still covered part of his body I put aside slowly. I rubbed gently from his forehead to his head.

"Navis ... Awake, son. It's dawn."

It's not hard to wake Aris at dawn. He was used to waking me up to perform dawn prayers. When Heru was still healthy, Aris never absent to join the morning prayers to the mosque with him.

"Yes, umi."

Aris turned his head, his eyes looking for someone. But he couldn't find.

"Who granny? How come there's nothing, umi?"

Apparently, the figure he was looking for, my mother-in-law. From the beginning, Aris wanted to sleep with her grandmother. But because Aris was falling asleep on the couch, I picked up Aris and moved her, forgetting that Aris wanted to sleep with my mother-in-law.

"Every night Aris fell asleep on the sofa, umi forgot that you want to sleep with grandma, so immediately Umi moved Aris to the room. Sleeping with umi. Sorry umi, yes!"

"Yes, umi ... No papa."

"Here yuk, Aris clean the body first. The doctor said Aris can't take a shower. The scar has not been exposed to water."

Aris nodded and immediately got off the bed then stepped towards the room door.

"Where is Aris going?"

His steps stopped when I asked. Then looking at me, his face looked confused.

"To the bathroom, umi."

"No need to go out, this room already has a bathroom. Yuk, here."

Aris was getting confused, he stepped towards me. Some of the main rooms in this house are already available toilets that blend in the room. Aris who used to live in a very simple rented feel confused by the toilet in the room he occupied.

"Granny's house is good, umi. Especially the bathroom. Aris can't, umi, stay here?"

After entering the toilet, Aris was more and more amazed by the luxury of this house. His face seemed to be craving something he had never felt.

"Here, later the day of his dawn prayer. Just talk later, after the prayer."

Now, Aris looks fresher. The new clothes that my mother-in-law bought were very fitting to be worn by Aris. His face was radiated with happiness. An innocent smile expressing her joy wearing a new shirt, made me laugh and kiss her cheeks.

"Shby his cool umi, yeah. The handsome! Hey, smell it again!" I said praising, which he replied with only his shy smile.

"Umi, I'm going to grandma. Look, I'm awake yet."

"Yes already. Grandma's room next door, yeah. Umi's gonna take a shower!"

*****

After completing the morning prayers, we immediately rushed to the hospital to encourage and pray to the Heru mas who want surgery. I hope, Heru mas operation can run smoothly as expected.

"Where, Wulan? Comfortable mommy you wear?" said the mother who started the car started the conversation.

"Thank God, mom. It's very comfortable."

"Luckily your posture is the same as your mother's. So not confused. Mom's games are rarely used, not at home. If you want, I can pick a good one."

"No, ma'am. My game is also at home. If it is excessive, I am also confused to wear it. Because, whatever we have, it will be in the afterlife including the clothes that we have been storing."

"Shirt will have a hisab? I have a lot of clothes that I never use again. Because there's so much, Wulan."

"I'm sorry, ma'am. I didn't mean to patronize Mom. Just a suggestion, better clothes that are rarely used even mothers are no longer in use, mother just hibakkan. It will be much more useful than just being stored as a display in the closet."

"MashaAllah, Paul ... You're right, son. Mom didn't even think about it. All this time all I thought about was worldly things. Even my mother has been far from his teachings. Astagfirullah ..."

"It's okay, ma'am. Better late than never."

"Thank you, mom. But don't praise me too much. I'm afraid that excessive praise will make me arrogant because of it. I'm the lucky one to have Heru mas, I'm like this because she taught me to be her real wife."

My mother-in-law smiled, with eyes looking at me through the rearview mirror attached to the car.

'Alhamdulillah yes, Allah ... These are moments I have longed for a long time. Thank you for answering my prayers all along.'

"Name ... The prayer that I bought for me, have you washed?"

Aris who saw me had finished talking to my mother-in-law, suddenly asked.

"It's done. When Aris to the mosque with om Ragil, umi immediately washed it at the house om Ragil. Umi accidentally hitchhiked washing her alphabet using grandmother Iwan's washing machine that had a dryer. The intention is that you can quickly use it at dawn. Why why?"

"No papa, umi. I just remember abi."

"That means, abi is also thinking about you. Aris just pray yes, so that later the abi operation goes smoothly."

"Yes, umi. New ... Is there still time if I go home to take my little prayer mat that Abi bought? I'll take my prayer mat, Grandma."

"Still, just before the dawn prayer, the doctor contacted the grandmother, she said of the surgery in the hour retreat. So Aris still has time to go home first."

"Thank you, grandma."

"Yes, you're welcome, son!"

*****

"Doctor. How is Heru, my son"

"It's stable, ma'am. It's still 6, an hour away if there's no obstruction, Mr. Heru will enter the operating room."

The three of us were already in Maya's doctor's room which was only two doors apart from Heru's hospital room.

"Wulan, we better have breakfast before Heru enters the operating room. Aris also has to take medicine."

"InshaAllah fast, ma'am. Mom and Aris, let me take you."

"Yes already. Sorry doc, we'll have breakfast first. Doctor has breakfast?" ask your mother-in-law when she leaves.

"Yes, ma'am, please. I had breakfast."

Doctor Maya replied with a smile. Just as we were about to stand up, the sound of knocking on the door sounded.

"Tok tok tok"

"Yes ... Coming in!"

"Square"

The door opened, it turned out that Sister Tania was coming. Sister and assistant doctor Maya who also treated mas Heru.

"Why, sus?"

"Sorry doc, want to update'an condition Mr. Heru. At this time, Mr. Heru is already humanized. His eyes are open."

We who were still sitting, immediately stood up to hear the good news from Sister Tania.

"Alhamdulillah .." We said simultaneously.

"This is a very good advance. Coincidentally here there is the family of Mr. Heru. Come on, come with me to see the condition of Mr. Heru at this time."

"Yes, doc." I said as I led Aris in the steps of Maya to the ward of Heru.

'Alhamdulillah yes, Allah ... Hopefully this will be a good start for the healing of Heru. Hopefully, Heru will recover soon without the need to do a very risky operation. Aamiin yes, Allah ... Aamiin yes Rabbal Alamiin!'

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