Women of Choice
Grasping the Sunnah
Grasping the Sunnah
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Ima entered the house she had left for a few days when she gave birth. His footsteps walked slowly checking one by one the room that already looked neat and clean. Arriving in the backyard of the house he was stunned to see clothes clothes clothes clothes were neatly lined with a distinctive smell of clothing fragrance that pierced his sense of smell.
The husband's skillful hands so astonished Ima and called out for gratitude. Be prepared to serve and serve him perfectly. Although now Ima's position is far from both parents and relatives. But with the presence of a husband figure like Aaron has been able to treat all his turmoil when it comes to going through the process of giving birth to the baby with not attended by both parents.
All the clothes yesterday covered with blood fan seen already fragrant clean plastered on the clothesline lined with rows of diapers and baby bedongs that have been washed clean by Aaron's hands. Aaron is really a husband figure standby for Ima.
From the cryptic front room Ima listened to the voice of Bude Wati who was introgating Aaron who was sitting in the living room chair while holding his tiny baby.
"Where's the baby's birthday, Run?" ask bude Wati.
"I buried it in the back garden."
"Kok, buried, anyway, instead of Bude yesterday was willing-wanti told you to keep it in this jug, continue to be given the empons hung beside the house," cerocos bude Wati while carrying a pitcher that has been prepared by himself.
"Sorry, Bude, I forgot," replied Aaron lazily responding to bude Wati whose thoughts are still thick with clenics and myths of old times.
Aaron prefers to go to the back room after previously storing his baby in a mattress. He walked to the kitchen to get some water because his throat was dragging.
"Bude Wati why, Mas?" ima asked as they passed by the door to the kitchen.
"To have Mas do things that are not in accordance with the Shari'a and can damage our aqidah." Aaron answered as he grabbed the glass of glass on the dish rack and poured water into it from the gallon. Then sit on the plastic chair in the kitchen. After reading Basmallah Aaron then sipped the water in the glass until the toilet was not left.
"Yaudah, do not need to be ignored, rather than fussing about the unimportant," comforted the wife later.
Actually the life of Aaron and Ima is very fine if not mixed hands by middle-aged women whose house is located a bit far from the house that Ima and Aaron occupy.
However, for some reason from the start of pregnancy until now Ima lahiran Bude Wati seems to regulate all the actions of Ima which he said cannot be this, so. It should be like this, when a woman is pregnant.
Which even though according to Ima's own thinking all that is prohibited and recommended by Bude Wati is just a mere myth that is mostly a lot of which is contrary to the true Islamic Sharia.
When Ima entered her seventh month of pregnancy. The thick-bodied woman half forced Aaron and Ima to still have to hold a seven-month event. Though let alone for the cost of such an event to cover daily needs, Aaron still likes hardships and shortcomings every month. Lucky Ima soul as wide as the ocean so always receive with airy chest when faced with economic difficulties in a small family that is still a corn.
Even though Ima and Aaron agreed not to perform ritual events in pregnancy that was not in his guidance. Even if they are given enough and more sustenance.
"You two seriously have no intention of holding a seven-monthly event?" bude Wati asked that time with a cynical look.
"Yes, Bude," replied Aaron short.
"We have been very happy to be given the titan of the Almighty, but that does not mean we celebrate it with a ritual that violates the religious law, Bude," sangkal Harun then felt fed up with the demands of Bude Wati who was pretentious about her household life.
"Who said the seven-monthly event violated the rules of religion? Lah, wong in it is a gratitude to God, we can share a little sustenance to the people around and the nearest neighbors," said Bude Wati would not lose.
"No, Bude, to my knowledge, the seven-monthly event originally came from a Hindu religious culture that was never at all encouraged in Islam itself. So far, what is often done by most people around us is just follow-up. Because maybe many of us don't know the history." Ima along chimed at length removing the unkempt that was in his mind.
"It's hard, yeah, to talk to the two of you who always say that you know your parents!" sudang bude Wati felt unable to direct, precisely following his will earlier.
"Your mother and father will be disappointed and sad, Aaron. If you find out your current behavior has dared to oppose the ingrained ritual in our big family. It should be that as the head of your family you are able to keep your ancestral heritage that has been upheld from time to time." Bude Wati seemed to regret the attitude and speech of Aaron who according to him had deviated from kejawen culture which has been very thickened in the scope of the area.
However, Aaron no longer cares about himself has been labeled as a different person from most people. What matters is that his current intentions he seeks will always lead and guide his small family towards a straight path. As he often heard from ustaz he participated in the study.
Although sometimes Ima and Aaron must often hear unpleasant babbles addressed to both of them directly or not.
Ima and Aaron only responded to everyone who sneered at them with a smile. Because they think, tho, their lives have never troubled others. They just want to live side by side with the people around with peace and tranquility to respect each choice of life that is run without feeling the self that feels the most right.
Although sometimes very disturbing mental and physical health, especially for Ima postpartum even often get a conversation that sometimes corners it from people around.
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Knowing that Ima had been born one by one the neighbors came to the residence of Ima. Some just look and ask news there are also a few bring food and snacks for mothers who have just given birth.
Ima greeted him kindly and a happy smile received every guest who came to visit him.
"Later tonight Mr. Aaron told me to start a bonfire in front or side of the house, yes, Ma" advised Bu Saroh on the sidelines of his chat.
"Make what, Mom? Not that it is already bright because it has been installed lights on the terrace and side of the house as well," said Ima did not understand what his neighbor meant.
"Society here usually if the wife runs out her husband's body does that. The goal is that the baby is not disturbed by subtle creatures and others. Just in case." Ms. Sumi tried to explain the advice from Ms. Saroh just now.
After hearing the narration from the mothers then Ima tried to give a view if the advice that was just shown to him is something that has absolutely no examples and demands from the Prophet SAW. As stated in the Qur'an:
“And what the Messenger of Allah has given you, accept it, and what it forbids you, then leave it. (QS. Al Hasey: 7).
"If we do actions that are outside the teachings of our own religious sharia it is very dangerous because it can damage the aqidah" concluded Ima at length.
Hearing the reviews from the homeowners Bu Saroh and Bu Sumi looked at each other while sniffing shoulders with throbbing lips.
