Mystery of Love

Nyuwun Pangestu

Finally, my fasting month passed with prayers about the family who is sadinah mawaddah warohmah. I wish I could be a good wife like the stories I read so often. I hope I can be a good mother, wise and patient. Hopefully we can guide our children to be righteous and righteous children. May children have behavior that is moral karimah, be a conditioning for both parents.

When the holiday arrived my agenda a few days later was sowan with friends to bu nyai and teachers whose house was around kedung maling then to Nggenuk watu, and finally to Gresik

One of the teachers who are still in the Kedung Maling area is Zaini Zein sir who entered my list to ask for blessing. Mr. Zein has a place that he usually calls a hut to teach children who live in the area around it.

Once we enter the gate we will see three graves. The first is like the grave of an adult, the middle is like the grave of a teenager and the last is like the grave of a child.

Mr. Zein once told me that it was not a real grave it was his attempt to always remember that death was coming that could not be planned man. He can come anytime. Sometimes there is no need to wait for old when the time comes whether he is a baby, children or when the teenage angel Izrail will come just in time. Without asking if we are ready or not.

At that time Mr. Zein told me that during the fasting month yesterday Mr. Zein got food from heaven. It was said that Mr. Zein ate mangoes and some of his students who were there saw it but they were compact. Only after the run out of their mangoes did they remind Mr. Zein.

"My name .... siyam?" (That... fasting.).

"aAstaghfirullahal adhim.... pon telas kawit diilingaken?" (Astaghfirullahal adzim... has just been reminded?"

"Suggeh kersane weld rumiyen, kersane mboten sliliten...." (Let no food slip.) Said one of them.

Gerrrr....,.!!!!! we all laughed when we heard it. There were disciples of Mr. Zein.

Mr. Zen then continued, if you really forget it is a blessing from heaven. if made up yes can be a great sin.

When we say goodbye and Mr. Zein will pray for us, I ventured to say I mean that I will get married and ask for my blessing. I'm sure my friends were surprised and looked at each other when they heard my words but they wouldn't dare interrupt Mr. Zein's conversation.

Mr. Zein then asked when the marriage was, I answered honestly

"29 Shawwal, January 2nd"

"The new year is not...."

"The crown of her marriage is endowed with the blessings and happiness of the world and the hereafter." Do'a Mr. Zein sincerely.

"Ami..... " I raise my hand and accept Mr. Zein's prayer expectantly while closing my eyes. And

not only me but my friends also helped to guarantee Mr. Zein's prayer for me. It feels so moved.

Then Mr. Zein prayed for all of us and we raised our hands, accepting Mr. Zein's prayers before we went home.

Once out of the cottage area, Mr. Zein, my friends immediately excited. They were unceasingly teasing me. Jeng Kar who was then taking part in the sowan to the teachers urged me to say who my candidate was, which person.

I told him I would answer him later when he got home because jeng Kar, mbak Ziyah and mbak Nurin would stay at our place.

The next agenda is to the house of Fatoni sir in nggenuk watu. Actually, I also want to ask Mr. Toni's blessing but he and his family are not at home. So we went on to the other teachers. Mr. Abdul Kholiq, Mr. Anam, Mr. Manaf etc.

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At the moment we were at my cousin's house, Mun's brother, Ima's sister. Jeng Kar then urged me to confess who my candidate was. I whispered to him that he would promise to keep it a secret. Jeng Kar was willing and I told him that he was my cousin and later that night we would go to his house because his mother and my mother told us to come to his house. Jeng Kar then told me to postpone my wedding date because he was also getting married on Shawwal 27 two days before my wedding day.

Of course I rejected it because it was the result of a family deliberation and it was impossible for us to delay it for no apparent reason.

After the prayer isya we five to Cak Im's house on foot because the distance of our house is only about 400 meters.

At first, our arrival at the house was normal, as usual. The welcome we received was as usual. We talked casually and warmly .until the moment we were going to say something happened beyond my expectations.