2X MARRIED TO A COUSIN
Merystas
The night still leaves the dew, the birds are still asleep in their dreams. At the end of the last third of a cold night, make a man pull back the edge of his blanket.
Tania opened her eyes, finding her still innocent body. Her husband's burly hands were still coiled around her stomach, her position now turned to her husband's. Tania picked up Edos's cell phone that was placed on the floor last night to look at the clock.
It was still at 04:06 a.m. He turned his body. Looking at the face of her husband who looks handsome while still sleeping. Her thick lips were so tempting to kiss.
But Tania still felt ashamed to start first. He only looked at the face of his beloved husband, so heavily he swallowed his saliva. Very carefully he took off Edos' embrace.
Tania got up and grabbed her kimono towel, put it on then rushed towards the bathroom in the back.
Today Tania only took the morning shift, at two in the afternoon she returned home, because at 5 pm he should already be at the hotel for part time work on the event at the hotel.
"Are you sure, honey?" edos asked when he saw his wife was ready to turn her back.
Tania turned her head to sit on the edge of her springbed room, turning the wheelchair Edos occupied to face him. Tania looked at the worried face of her husband, tightly grasping both of his palms.
Guiding her husband to get out of the wheelchair and sit next to her, they now face each other.
"What's wrong?" Tania answered Edos's question with a question anyway.
"Until what time?" ask Edos again.
"Four 12pm tonight is home" replied Tania.
Edos' feelings were not good, but he tried to shake him off.
"There's nothing, I just want to repeat last night" Edos said.
Blushes
Instantly both of Tania's cheeks flushed red, recalling what she did last night. Tania lowered her head in embarrassment. He had also previously not expected it to be that wild.
Edos grabbed Tania's chin so that his wife looked at him, looking carefully at the face of the person he loved as if to dive into his feelings.
"We can do it again next time" Tania smiled.
For a moment they were silent drifting in their respective feelings.
"Come up, don't forget to wear a mask and bring your face" Edos said.
"Yes," Tania answered briefly.
Edos grabbed Tania's body and hugged her tightly, but she returned her husband's embrace.
"I want to go to work, not to war, Yank," Tania said, dismissing her husband's feelings of unease when he left.
Derrrt derrrt
Tania's phone shook, Tania turned her head and grabbed him.
"Mas Rifki called, Yank," he said.
"Yes, Rifki?" he said he received a call Rifki is still in a hugging position.
"You're leaving, Tan?" ask Mas Rifki on the phone.
"No, I don't know the name of the hotel yet, Mas" replied Tania.
"The name of the hotel is Merysta, but wait for me to come home, I'll drop you off,"
"Merysta? Alright,"
Rifki's closing the call.
"Merysta?" Tania repeated the spoken word again with an amused smile.
"What's up, who's Merysta? isn't Mas Rifki's fiancee Erika?" ask Edos.
"Hotel's name is Merysta, Yank. My late mother's name was also the same, Merysta Dewi," replied Tania.
"Merysta Goddess? The feeling was the name of his sister papa," Edos said.
Tania recalled, not the sister of her mother often he called Pakde Burhan. And what Tania knew was that Edos was the son of a tea plantation owner near her village, the workers often called him Juragan Burhan, but Tania had never known what kind of person he was.
"My mother's brother is also Pakde Burhan, is your brother who works in Japan called Abizar?" ask Tania.
"Yes, how do you know?" Edos.
"Astaghfirullah al'adzim, my cousin Abizar. Means we're cousins, Yank." Tania said.
"If you are the son of his sister Papa, your mother is not dead, Yank. He is in this city" concluded Edos.
"really? but why did you say my mom was dead?" ask Tania.
"Come on," said Edos spreading his shoulders.
Tania recalled the dream shortly before Edos regained consciousness from his post-crash coma. His father had said that one day he would meet with his mother, what does this mean.
Tania took off her husband's embrace.
"Yank," call Tania.
"Hemmm, what?" edos asked, sharpening his gaze.
Tania played both fingers.
"If it turns out we're really cousins, can we get married?" ask Tania suddenly.
"I don't know, Yank. We will ask Mr. Ustadz" replied Edos. "Or we search on google first," he suggested.
Right, Tania immediately opened the phone she was holding.he opened in the search field. Tania pressed the top view.
Reporting from Wikipedia, cousin comes from the word “pupu” which means ancestor. Therefore, cousins are grandparents, where two brothers who each have children, then their children call each other by the name of brother or sister cousins. In short, cousins are the children of our own aunt.
In Islam, we have been given guidance on who we can marry and who we should not marry. In An-Nisa verse 23, God mentions some women who are not allowed to be married by men because of their status as mahrams.
Reporting from the Shariah Consultation page, cousins are not mahrams because God allows us to marry cousins, both close and distant cousins. As Allah affirms in His word in the Epistle of Al-Ahzab verse 50.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَاجَكَ اللَّاتِي آتَيْتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالاتِكَ
Meaning: “Hai Prophet, verily, We have justified to you your wives whom you have given their dowries and the servants of peril which you have included in the battle which Allah has given you, and (as well) the daughters of your father's brother, the daughters of your father's sister, the daughters of your father's sister, daughters of your mother's brother and daughters of your mother's sister.”
Although it is legalized, marrying a cousin aka consanguneous marriages turns out to have a number of health risks, especially in offspring born from the relationship. Because this inbreeding will make the genetic or DNA equation between us and the he is getting bigger, especially if the person we marry is a first cousin.
Hanan Hamamy, a professor who specializes in human genetic science, revealed there are some risks from inbreeding. Through his article titled Consanguineous Marriages: Preconception Consultation in Primary Health Care Settings, Hanan explains some of the risks are birth defects, early hearing loss, early vision impairment, mental retardation, stunted development, and, congenital blood disorders, until the death of the baby.
In other words, the law of marrying a cousin is permissible. However, you need to consider the health factors of your offspring in the future.
At the home of the Ardiansyah family. Niken has also come because she was told by her mother-in-law that her sister's family was coming. They were gathered in the middle room.
"Ma, Niken wants to ask something to mama," Niken told Dewi.
"Yes, ask me what, honey?" ask Goddess.
"We'll go to the back garden, Ma," asked Niken.
"Why is it here, is this a personal matter?" ask the Goddess again.
"We're going to the back garden, Ma. Let's relax more," ask Niken.
Niken grabs both of her mother-in-law's hands, dragging her into the garden behind the house. Dewi according to what his son-in-law did, like a buffalo shuffled his nose. They are sitting in the gazebo.
"Now tell me, what are you talking about?" ask Goddess.
"Ma, are there two people who are nobody but look alike?" ask Niken in doubt.
"There are, in fact, many" answered the Goddess who did not know what her daughter-in-law meant.
"But he comes from the same area as Mama" Niken said again.
"Who do you mean, honey?" ask the curious Goddess.
"Aghni and Tania, Ma" said Niken.
"Tania? Where'd you meet, Niken?" ask the enthusiastic Goddess.
"He helped Niken clean up that time, Ma. Who is he?" niken then asked.
"He's Mama's son with Mama's first husband" said Dewi.
The goddess looked blankly at the flower bed before her, her throat like it was choked.
"His father had already assumed Mama had died, since mama left him." said Dewi holding back the grief.
"Is her husband named Azhar?" tanyakanya.
"Niken doesn't know her husband's name, but my friend said her husband had his leg paralyzed by an accident when they just arrived in this city" Niken said.
"Astaghfirullah, do you know where they live?" ask the Goddess again.
"They live in the house of my friend Rifki, Ma," answered Niken.
The goddess opened the phone she was holding.
"What Tania do you mean like this," said Dewi while showing her phone screen.
Niken tried to observe carefully the face in the photo on her mother-in-law's phone.
"Oh Allah yes, Ma. This is Tania I mean, it turns out she's Mama's biological child," replied Niken sparkling.
"Take Mama to your friend's house, Mama wants to meet!" nurlita Pinta.
"Niken called Rifki first yes, Ma," said Niken trying to persuade the Mama-in-Law to be patient.
"Hello Niken, what's wrong?" ask Niken to Rifki by phone.
"You're with Tania no, Rif?" Niken asked back.
"Tania I just drove her to your in-laws' hotel, she works part time there. What's up?" answer Rifki.
"My mother-in-law wants to see you, send me her cell phone number, Rif!" pinta Niken's.
"Okay, I'll send you via chat" replied Rifki.
"Thank you, Rif, " said Tania.
Niken hung up.
"She's gone to Papa's hotel, Ma. Part time, he's been working two months at Ardimart."
Instantly the tears flowed from the eyes of the Goddess.
"Astaghfirullah al'adzim, why should my son be a servant in the company of his own parents," the goddess cried bitterly.
The goddess stood up. She wiped her tears with her fingers.
"Let's go inside, we must tell this to Mr. Burhan," pinta Dewi.
The goddess stepped in a hurry, and Niken followed behind her. Not yet arrived at the middle room Dewi calling the name Mas Burhan, he was impatient to convey the happy news.
"Mas Burhan!" his call was still powerless to hold back the cry.
"What's up, Goddess? I'm not going anywhere, why are you crying?" burhan asked the Goddess who was now sitting with her legs crossed in front of him while crying.
The goddess could not answer her brother's question.
Burhan is confused by his sister's behavior. He turned to look at Niken.
"Niken, what's going on? What are you, your mother-in-law?" asked Burhan in surprise.
"Mas Burhan, Ms. Lita, Niken said she knew where Azhar lived, she said Azhar's leg was disabled by an accident when she just arrived in this city" Dewi said.
"What's? Edos disabled?" nurlita said in shock.
"Calm down, Ma" said Burhan patting and stroking his wife's back.
"We have to pick her up, Mas" Nurlita said.
"Is that right, Niken?" burhan asked Niken.
"Niken is still confused, who do you mean?" niken was confused.
"The husband of Tania you told me about was Azhar, Niken. He's Pakde Burhan's youngest son" explained Dewi.
"Oo, yes I know where he lives, Pakde," Niken said.
"You want to take Pakde there?" burhan asked more.
"Come, Pakde! mumpung is still afternoon," invite Niken enthusiastically. "But not many who come, because my friend's house is small" pinta Niken.
"It's just Pakde sama Bude, the others are still here" Burhan replied.
"Oh, that. Come on, Pakde, Bude!" bring Niken.
Niken, Burhan and Nurlita leave the house of the Ardiansyah family. Niken drives her car, while Burhan and Nurlita sit in the passenger seat.
"Don't you, Niken?" ask Burhan.
"Not far, sir. If it is not jammed 15 minutes also arrived," replied Niken.
Of course, this time it was badly jammed, as they crossed the highway in the afternoon as the workers were returning home. Thirty minutes they had just arrived in front of the alley. Niken parked his car on the side of the road.
"The car can't get in front of the house, Mr. De. So we have to walk" said Niken.
"It's okay, Niken. Come on Ma, let's get down!" take Burhan.
The three of them got out of the car and walked to the house of Bu Retno. 10 minutes walk until they arrived in front of the house of Bu Retno.
"Movie!" someone called Niken from the shop, a middle-aged woman came out to them, who else if not Miss Retno.
"Mother," Niken shook Retno's hand. "Oh yeah, meet Mom, they're Tania's family" he said, introducing Burhan and Nurlita.
"Oh, I'm Miss Retno. Please come inside!" Ms. Retno.
They also followed Miss Retno into the house.
"Please enter first, I briefly call my child," said Ms. Retno.
Miss Retno walked into the living room. Approaching Rifki who is watching television.
"Rifki, Heh woke up, already want Maghrib do not sleep, later you can be stressed," said Bu Retno shaking the body of Rifki who was asleep.
Rifki opened her eyes, trying to collect her scattered life one by one.
"What's up, Mom?" asked Rifki who still looked confused.
"That's in front of Niken," replied Miss Retno.
"Miss? Why come here. She asked Tania, but I told her that Tania had gone to the hotel" Rifki said.
"He's here with Tania's family, let's meet them!" tell Ms. Retno.
Although he got up and stepped into the living room to meet them, he greeted his guests.
"Rifki, this is Pakde Burhan and Bude Nurlita, they're Tania's parents-in-law, is her husband Tania home?" ask Niken.
"Edos? It was like he was in his room" replied Rifki. "I'll call you soon."
Rifki got up from her seat, heading to Edos and Tania's room. He knocked on the door several times calling Edos' name, but there was no answer. He opened a door that was not locked.
But Edos was not in the room, there was only a wheelchair there.
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Where is Edos?
Has he seen the arrival of his parents, so he escaped?
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