The Love of Habib

Chapters 26.2

"Change, Umi, today you have disappointed me. We and our family need a lot of courage to part from our beloved daughter, Aira. We sincerely hope that he will get useful and useful knowledge for the world and the hereafter. It could not be denied that there was a pain we felt when releasing Aira coming to the boarding house that received a lot of praise from mouth to mouth. We are in a lot of pain but for the sake of his future, we are willing to let Aira go. But we did not expect in just less than a few months, boarding school made us disappointed. How shocked we were as parents to hear that our beloved daughter was desecrated by a man whom many respected and idolized. Moreover, he is a descendant of a very noble person again loved by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Unbelieving is what we feel, but when we see our daughter's cries of pain, we inevitably believe it. Abah and Umi, as the caretaker of the Abu Hurairah boarding school where we entrust our beloved daughter with great hope, he said, we sincerely hope that you can give fair justice to our daughter. If she continues like this, living without the accountability of the person who desecrated her, then what will be the life of our daughter in the future. With the stain in her life, does she still have the opportunity to meet people who love and accept what a bitter past has been? We really can't bet. We're not sure our daughter can get a good man because she has a bleak past and blemishes in life. We want justice for our beloved daughter. Please ask Habib Thalib to immediately justify our daughter in the right way and in accordance with religious law. We understand that love cannot be contained, but this is not the way. If he takes the wrong path as to what happened to our daughter, our daughter's life will be ruined and her good name tarnished. So before all of that is completely out of bounds, it is best that Habib Thalib immediately justify our daughter. For this wedding we didn't ask for much because we were excited about him being our daughter's husband, we just hope that she gives a proper marriage to Aira so that her good name can be fixed and her dignity does not fall before the wider community." Perhaps because of too much emotion and heartache, Dad immediately poured out all his heart in front of many people and demanded justice.

He boldly asked Habib Khalid to marry Aira at any cost. He does not demand hard things, as long as Habib Khalid gives a proper marriage to Aira and restores her good name before the wider community, she and the rest of the family are satisfied. From the beginning they also agreed to see Habib Khalid married Aira.

Not satisfied with what Dad was talking about, Mother immediately raised her voice. With tears in her eyes she pulled Aira forward, showing everyone how devastated her daughter was after what the habib had done. She was so angry, so angry that she could not help but cry in front of so many people.

"Look at my daughter's condition, see how shocked my daughter is after what Habib Thalib did to her" Mother choked immediately when she heard the screams of the people outside and inside.

"Ohhh..."

"Basic hypocrite! Family hypocrite!"

"Defamation is a heinous crime! You all say slander!"

"The shameless woman! You snake!"

Everyone's reaction was very loud and frightening. Mother until frightened to hear their screams. He had the illusion as if they could all attack him at any moment.

Confused, "It's natural that they all support Aira, but why would they even scold us?" Umi astonished while staring around.

The santri and santriwati who shouted were not afraid at all with aunt's upset settings. Instead of being afraid, they were shouting louder to spill their anger on the Aira family. Some people who know exactly what happened until the head bobbles made when hearing the defense from Father and Mother. They did not understand at all why both Father and Mother tried to cover up Aira's mistake, treating her as a victim, was disgusting.

"Auntie, don't listen to them. Habib Thalib was the idol of them all, obviously they were jealous of me because among all the women in the boarding house, habib Thalib was in love with me." Aira snorted, but in front of everyone she tried to maintain her pitiful face.

He was very upset to hear the screams of these fanatics. He wanted to shout back, but because the atmosphere was not right, he was forced to swallow the anger inside his chest. And what's even more annoying is that the staff of the boarding house did not stop them all at all. It was as if they were also supporting what those people were shouting about. Aira was furious.

Mother calmed herself down, "Okay, I'll talk again." Taking a deep breath, he spoke again.

"My daughter is severely disadvantaged in this matter. There is no way out but to marry my daughter and to give her a proper marriage so that her good name is not broken. To be honest as a parent I don't want to see my daughter marry a man who's been depraved of her. Rather than see him marry the man, I would rather put him in prison so that he can be punished for his wrongdoing. But when I found out that that person was the habib of Thalib, a man who understood religion and even came from a family who had a deep religion, I immediately felt a dilemma. A man with a very extraordinary background is unlikely to commit depraved crimes against a woman, otherwise it comes from the desire of love in the heart. This is what I think. Since Habib Thalib touched my daughter, then perhaps the Habib Thalib liked my daughter and could not resist the temptation in my heart, it happened. Habib Thalib," Mother called the habib while pulling his daughter's shoulder to face the habib.

Habib Khalid looked very relaxed at the end there. He was neither panicked nor tense, inversely proportional to every accusation the Aira family laid down. Habib Khalid should have panicked or regretted because the crime was revealed, but why he was casually involved as if he was not the perpetrator of this crime. Father, Mother and aunt inevitably feel astonished when they see the relaxed reaction of the habib.

Habib Khalid was called by Mother, but he did not turn his head or look at Aira. His body stood straight looking at Abah and Umi who were as calm as him.

Aira was creeping her clothes uneasily. I don't know why he felt something was wrong here.

Why didn't Habib Thalib have the reaction he should have? Inner Aira was agitated.

Embarrassed by the indifference of the habib to him, but Mother continued her words.

"Once again habib Thalib, please tell everyone the truth what you feel for my daughter so that everything can be clear." Demand Mother to the habib.

Being sure as sure as possible brings the habib a deep feeling to Aira, otherwise, why would he be able to do that to Aira?

Habib Khalid smiled politely, turned to Father and Mother without caring for Aira who looked at him with a longing gaze, and replied, "I feel really sick."

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