Sincerity of Love JONATHAN

239. Until you become your in-laws

"But, Boy, why do you think like that? Why do you think it's a guide from your Lord? While the Reverend himself said that it was an evil creature?" Papi Yohan looked confused.

"Everybody has different ideas and principles, Om. Just like me, Om and the Reverend. But what Om is going through is exactly the same as the boss of my nephew."

"The boss of your nephew?" Papi Yohan's forehead flinched. "So, he's also bullied by subtle-bodies, Boy?"

Ustad Yunus nodded. "Yes, Om. He is also constantly asked to read the Qur'an, whereas he is a Protestant Christian if not wrong."

"Continue now, he's still being bullied, isn't he, Boy? And did he have an accident too, like what Om went through?"

"If the accident is not Om. Because if he, the Qur'an given by Grandpa was not deliberately taken. Because at first he did not know, the contents of the black plastic that Grandpa gave," he replied, then continued. "But so far .. I don't hear any more about him being bullied by that grandfather. Every time he contacted the most he asked about prayers that he did not understand. That's all."

"But he didn't convert, did he, Boy?"

"So, Om." Ustad Yunus nodded. "She was already a Muslim and married a Muslim woman. Coincidence too ... Her father-in-law was an Ustad, and I knew her. Because he's also a neighbor as well as a person who is quite close to me, Om."

"Do you have the number, Boy?"

"The boss number's my nephew, Om?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Try her, Boy. Ask him if he is still bothering him or not. I want to know, "he asked curiously.

"In a moment, Om." Ustad Yunus reached into his jeans bag to pick up a cell phone, then tried to contact Joe via WA call because he also happened to be online now.

"Jonathan?" Seeing the name on his phone screen Ustad Yunus, Papi Yohan was surprised. Because his name is so familiar.

"Hello, assalamualaikum Mr. Joe. Am I bothering you?" ustad asked Jonah when the call was successfully raised by the other side.

"Greetings walaikum. Not even Ustad. But what's up, huh?" Joe's voice sounded loud, because Ustad Jonah himself had lostpeaker.

"This .. there's someone who wants to talk to you." Ustad Yunus glanced at Papi Yohan and the old man immediately smiled. "He also experienced the same thing, like what you experienced before you embraced Islam."

"What do you mean, Tad?" Joe doesn't seem to understand. "Oh ... did he also fire feathers, until he was finally circumcised?" guess later..

"No, Sir. It's not about feathers, but about meeting those old Grandparents. What you told me."

"Ooohh .. yes, yes."

"Hello, Joe" said Papi Yohan. "Are you Jonathan Paul's bald son?" he added guessing, because he himself was sure—if Jonathan who was in the phone connection was the same person as the person Papi Yohan knew.

"Yes. But whose father?" ask Joe.

"It's Om Yohan, Joe."

'Om Yohan knows Mr Joe?' inner Ustad Jonah astonished. But instantly, he also remembered when he saw Mami Yeri who had existed when Papi Yohan accident. That must mean, they know each other. 'Oh yes, Bu Yeri also had a chance to fit Om Yohan accident. And with Miss Yumna too. So Om Yohan must also know Mr. Joe.'

"Om Yohan who?" ask Joe.

"Jeez Joe .. You're not as old as Om times. Remember you, but you don't remember Om?" Papi Yohan snorted in annoyance.

"Surely, Om, I don't remember. Because the name Yohan I know is pretty much."

"Oh my God .. Sorry, Om. I forgot to."

"Well, isn't it now? Tell me dong, Joe, about you he said he met his grandparents. You see Om also met grandfathers who always disturb Om. Where does he love the Qur'an."

"Yes, Om. Before I converted to Islam .. I had a chance to meet old Grandpa. He recited the Qur'an and said .. if it could make me the way so that I could remarry. Coincidentally back then, I was in a dilemma, Om. Om will know for yourself, if my new wife is Muslim. And my in-laws are also Ustad. They automatically rejected me first because of religious differences."

"As of now, after you converted to Islam .. are you still being bullied again by those Grandparents, Joe? Or just meet again?"

"Long time no, Om. Last time when I vowed and Ijab kabul."

"Oh that. Yeah, Joe, that's all Om wants to ask."

"Yes, Om. I'll hang up the phone then. Assalamu'alaikum."

"Greetings hallaikum." Who answered the greeting of Ustad Jonah, then he put it back into his pants pocket. "So what do you think of Om now? Is Om ready, for me to guide?"

Papi Yohan looked pensive, thinking about the answer. 'Did I try, huh? Boy said it wasn't coercion. And when in doubt I could retreat, ' his mind then a few seconds later he nodded his head. 'yes. The important thing is that I don't see Grandpa anymore. So I better take the advice from Boy.'

"Eemmm .. but, Boy, if suppose Om changes religion. Does that mean Om also has to divorce Om's wife?" ask Papi Yohan after a few minutes have passed.

"Gapain divorced everything, Om? No need to." Ustad Yunus shook his head.

"But Om Kristen's wife, Boy. But Om himself wants to convert to Islam. Will we be different religions? Can't wikkwik."

"What's wikkwik?"

"Love the point, Boy." Papi Yohan grinning the horse.

"Oohh .. but if Om changes religion, Om's wife must also move. You don't need to get divorced."

"If your wife doesn't want to how? What's forced?"

"No need to be forced, Om. Try to talk about it well. How delicious. But as a wife .. as long as what her husband does is good, she should be willing to obey him. Being devoted to your husband does not have to be."

"Okay, Boy." Papi Yohan nodded in agreement, then sighed in relief. "Om you want to guide. If necessary, until you become your father-in-law."

"Well, how do you become my father-in-law?"

"Eh, he means to be Ustad like you, Boy," Papi Yohan replied with a chuckle. He deliberately asked her to joke, in order to please his own heart as well as tease Ustad Yunus.

"God willing .. I will guide Om to be so close to God" said Ustad Jonah who sounded sincere. He then took Papi Yohan's right hand. "And does Om want us to start now? Or later after Om is out of the hospital? The first I will tell about the history of Islam first, so that Om knows and increasingly wants to know Islam."

"Now you can too, Boy. If you want to tell it. But before that ... Om wants to ask something first with you, because Om is very curious."

"What is that, Om? Just talk to me."

"Who was that hijab girl who met you at that same restaurant Om, Boy? He's just your friend, right? Not your wife, not your boyfriend?" he asked in the hope that Ustad Jonah would answer, "Yes, just a friend."

...Don't be heartbroken, Pi, if you hear the original answer 🤭...