The Wasted Bride

EXPIRE

The Three Best Treasures

The Prophet was asked:

"O Prophet, what is the best treasure we should have?" She replied: "You shall have a grateful heart, a much recited word, and a prayerful wife who helps her husband in the affairs of the Hereafter," (HR. Ibn Majah no 1517)

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Gratitude never ceases to be heard from men with clothes that are quite tangled. The man had not returned home since yesterday, only to accompany his wife in the hospital.

Though the doctor has told if the state of his wife is stable after the completion of two blood transfusion pump, only post-natal recovery is left.

"Yes..." Lirih Arwaa is still so limp.

Her tears dripped because she saw her husband's condition that was not as weepy as usual. She also remembered the moment she gave birth to their child, somehow Arwaa clutched her hand and pulled the hair of her husband.

"This is my dear."

Attalaric tidied his wife's hair softly. So great was the love emanated in the man's eyes upon his beloved.

"I'm sorry, yes" said Arwaa began sobbing.

"Well, I'm sorry, why, baby?"

"I'm rude you're after Baby."

He wiped away the tears on Arwaa's cheek and took one of Arwaa's hands for her to kiss.

"You're not rude, dear. Make Mas like you share your pain while struggling to give birth to our child. Precisely Mas thought, the pain that Mas felt is not comparable to the pain you feel,"

"So it should be here Mas-lah who thanks you for loving Mas happiness and also a beautiful treasure. You, Hanna, and Miqdar are the most beautiful treasures in Mas's life" Attalaric said.

"Miqdar?"

"Yes, Miqdar Syauqi Arsawijaya. How, you like it?"

Miqdar Syauqi Arsawijaya named their son who had not previously been named because he was too worried about the unstable state of Arwaa.

Arwaa nodded and smiled gently at her husband.

"Oiya, Uncle Jhonny has contacted Mas, he said he will be here soon with all who are there," Attalaric explained.

"really? Thank God, then, I miss them a lot too" Arwaa said, looking at her husband's tired face.

"Mas... Go home first and rest. Must be tired."

"No dear. I want to be here with you. Besides Mas has asked Razi to bring clothes, as well as your equipment and Miqdar. We've prepared all your equipment and brought it to Mom's house yesterday" said Attalaric stroked Arwaa's hair.

"Oiya Mas how is Fani?"

"Alhamdulillah Fani's condition is better even though he was dizzy when he finished donating his blood. So Aldair took Fani home with the others. They'll be here again."

Arwaa sighed and looked at the ceiling of her living room.

"I don't know Mas, if there's no Fani. Maybe now I won't be able to see you..."

"God! Don't talk so, dear. Mas please. I was so scared last night. Mas will not be able if you have to lose again," said Attalaric bowed his head in Arwaa's arm.

"Sorry, I didn't mean that. It's just that I feel so grateful to Fani for what she's given me,"

"Qadarullah by passing through Fani, Allah give me the opportunity to be with you and our two children."

Attalaric nodded in agreement to his wife's words. She should immediately thank Aldair and Fani for helping Arwaa to keep her days company, raising her two children full of love and affection.

***

"Mother, Mother, look. Kiki open your eyes!"

Arwaa smiled at Hanna's enthusiasm when she met her sister. Yes, now there are Bu Hayya, Mr. Ahmad, Arrazi, and Hanna in the treatment room. Attalaric was in the bathroom, cleaning himself.

"Your handsome son!" Arrazi teases Hanna.

"Yes Uncle dong. Who was his brother."

Everyone chuckled at Hanna's behavior.

Ma Hayya smiled at her husband holding Miqdar, surrounded by Arrazi and Hanna.

Slowly, Ma Hayya approached Arwaa and held her hand, "Thank you, baby, for giving us all happiness. Especially Atta and Hanna," said Bu Hayya sincerely looking at Arwaa who still looks a bit pale.

"It's my duty Mom, to be Mom and Dad's daughter-in-law, to be Mas Atta's wife, and also Mother to Hanna and Miqdar."

Bu Hayya's eyes condensed, but she tried to hold him back from coming out, "Mom's so grateful you got through all this."

"Mother.." between Arwaa tightened her hand.

"I can get through this just because of God's permission. Even with Mas Atta who accompanied me to fight. Coupled with Mom's do'a powers and the others gave it to me. Especially the sincerity of Fani who would give her blood for me."

Bu Hayya's defense collapsed hearing Arwaa's words. Especially in the last sentence, making Bu Hayya feel so guilty for his treatment of Aldair's wife.

No, not only did Bu Hayya feel that, but Mr. Ahmad, and Arrazi also felt a sense of guilt for Fani being able to listen to Bu Hayya's conversation with Arwaa.

Even since Aldair married his current wife, they had always been cold to her. All because of his past that almost divided their families.

They were blinded by hatred and dislike so they did not care about the feelings of Aldair and his wife during this cold treatment, especially his wife.

Though they can see and feel if Fani, the wife of Aldair really regretted his actions. Even Fani has apologized to the entire Arsawijaya family, but as if they deliberately closed the ears and eyes of the good that Fani tried to do.

Just Arwaa. Yes, it is only Arwaa who openly accepts the presence of Fani who incidentally is a woman who was once a thorn and destroyed her household with Aldair. But they never saw hate or revenge on Arwaa.

The atmosphere in the room turned silent. Maybe the family of her husband started thinking about their treatment of Fani, Arwaa thought.

Until Attalaric just came out of the bathroom, breaking the silence in there with his confused face, "Well what's the matter at that silence?" His chirps made almost everyone there sigh except Arwaa, Hanna, and little Miqdar.

"It's nothing Atta. We were just thinking about Fani. However, he has helped Arwaa" said Mr. Ahmad looking at a handsome baby in his daughter-in-law's arms.

Attalaric smiled slightly and drew closer to his wife's bed. He also kissed the head of Arwaa which had been covered with a veil and sat on the edge of the mattress.

"Dad and Mom want to apologize and accept Aldair's wife as a daughter-in-law?" Tanya Attalaric looked at her parents, as well as her sister.

"That's..."

Looked jubilant on the face of Bu Hayya, Mr. Ahmad and Arrazi, until Arwaa opened her voice.

"It is not wrong if Mother, Father, and Mas Razi do still have such feelings for Mas Al's wife. But to treat it differently, it was not very good. He has become our family now,"

"What he had done before was not purely his own fault. Even I must have contributed to the incident at that time without me noticing. Same with Mas Al,"

"But isn't it all just in the past? Can we not be happier now by drawing on the pain of the past? By taking away her hate and giving her a second chance?"

Bu Hayya began to cry in the arms of Mr. Ahmad who was staring in his daughter-in-law. While Arrazi lowered his head while occasionally sighing.

"God has given Mas Al and Fani a second chance to get closer to Him. Repent for their past mistakes, and accompany each other in treading the path of hijrah that is not easy,"

"They may be able to strengthen each other to keep Istiqomah in his hijrah, but they also desperately need the support of the family. Of all of us..."

The silence covers them all. Even Hanna seemed to understand the circumstances around her choosing to shut up and play her sister's hand because Hanna was on her mother's bed.

Attalaric smiled happily at Arwaa's words. It was very difficult for him not to give thanks for what God had given him.

He felt that he really already had the best treasure of his life. Because since Arwaa's been in his life. All the facilities always come to him. Including the ease in him to remain privileged in his hijrah.

Not expecting himself who used to ignore even his own children, always drinking liquor just to eliminate slump, and being in such a free association in Sam Country there.

It's changed so much now. He who used to not care about his obligations as a Muslim, now always try to pay it on time, even always congregate in the mosque even though initially with the wife's errand. Performing evening prayers with his wife, as well as other sunahs.

O Allah how lucky he is to have been given a life partner who always reminds him in the affairs of the hereafter.

***

'Ckek'

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat..."

Aldair and Fani were glued to the door because of the quiet atmosphere created in the room until Arwaa and Attalaric also Hanna answered their greetings.

"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Here, here."

Arwaa was always like that. So close and warm to anyone, including Fani, the woman who was once a dark part in her past.

Fani awkwardly approaches Arwaa after her in-laws and sister-in-law shift in silence.

Aldair looked at Attalaric because he was uncomfortable with the attitude of Father, Mother, and Arrazi which he thought was a little excessive. They did not like the arrival of Aldair and Fani.

Without an Attalaric voice speaking to Aldair, "It's okay," he said that Aldair did not think too much about the no-no because according to Attalaric soon his parents and youngest brother will soon accept Fani as part of the Arsawijaya family.

Afterwards Attalaric took Miqdar from Arwaa's lap and placed the tiny baby in her cradle, "Thank you" said Arwaa, who was only answered by the blink of her husband's eye, giving Arwaa a small chuckle.

But then he immediately turned to look at Fani and held her hand, "Thank you for you too. Don't know what it's like until there wasn't you last night."

Fani smiled, "It's okay. Muslims should not help each other. We are also out... Uh, um..." Fani lowered her head to hide her nervousness as she subconsciously said that in front of her in-laws and two brothers-in-law who did not like her.

New Aldair will approach his wife, but lost quickly with Bu Hayya who immediately stood by Fani's side and also took his hand.

"Yes, we're family" said Bu Hayya, making Fani immediately lift her head and look in disbelief at her mother-in-law.

So did Aldair who seemed surprised by the sight he had long hoped for, looked back at his brother who was only returned with a smile by the man.

"You, Arwaa, and everyone here is family. Forgive me Mom and Dad for ignoring you all this time. Though you are also Aldair's wife, our daughter-in-law," Mr. Ahmad stroked Fani's veil to make Fani shed tears of happiness because finally her husband's family can accept her presence in their family.

"Ehem... I'm also sorry if it always offended you," Arrazi said somewhat awkwardly.

"Thank you, thank you for accepting me to be a part of Mom and Dad's family" Fani said sobbing and hugging her mother-in-law.

Once again Aldair looked at his brother and also Arwaa who was looking at him as well.

"Thank you" Aldair whispered inaudibly but Arwaa and Attalaric understood so much that the two men nodded and smiled at him.

***

In the end, all the mistakes of the past can be forgiven by the sincerity in the heart.

Everyone must have his caliphate, but it does not close the existence of a second chance for those who truly repent to Him.

Arwaa who used to always think if she was the Wasted Bride is now getting her own happiness for the patience and sincerity that she always fertilizes in the heart.

With the giving of a life partner who always treated her well and lovingly made Arwaa feel happy and love that continues to grow every day.

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