5 Years of Marriage Without Love
Proposal

"Haya.kamu nothing, go home now." Nyai Laila pulled her daughter's hand.

"Kiai Irfan forgive my daughter, I am ashamed of this incident" said Kiai Harun.

"No Ummi, I don't want to go home. Gus Bagas must accept me" cried Haya.

"You don't embarrass Abi! go home now," snapped Kiai Aaron.

"Wait for Kiai, let me talk to Ning Haya for a bit" Bagas said.

Bagas approached Ning Haya and Nyai Laila.

"I'm sorry Ning Haya, my choice fell to another woman because my prayers and my heart had already been tethered to her. But you don't need to know who he is" Bagas said.

"What am I lacking Gus Bagas? she's prettier than me. Do you see only her beauty?"

"Beauty isn't everything to me, my heart begins to knock as she helps my niece. Without knowing, without knowing how. At that time people just fell silent to see my niece could not breathe, but the woman by reading bismillah helped my niece."

"Can't you see me a little Gus, I love you."

"Sorry Ning, love can't be forced. Hope Ning gets a better man than me. I've chosen him."

"Have this Gus, I don't accept this" Ning Haya said.

Kiai Harun immediately pulled his daughter's hand to go home and he begged Kiai Irfan for a thousand apologies, he would promise to advise his son. With annoyance Ning Haya obeyed Abi and Umminya.

****

Nabilah has lived 3 months in the pesantren. The mass of Iddah is finished, now he is ready to leave the pesantren area and open his bakery.

At night the Kiai Irfan family headed to the house of the Blah. Smile on the face of Gus Bagas, he just felt in love by the opposite sex, but for three months he was quiet. Many asked Kiai Irfan, for Gus Bagas to be his son-in-law but Gus Bagas always refused him, Kiai Irfan also betrothed him to the woman of his choice, but Gus Bagas always refused him, but Gus Bagas always said he would find himself a woman who would make his heart shake.

"Assalamu'alaikum" Aisyah said.

"Wa'alaikumsalam," said Sarah to reply greetings that were still in the room with Blah.

"Ning Aisyah has come it's Mah, I'm still packing this first Mah. Please welcome Ning Aisyah well, I'll be done soon."

"Well, already. Don't be long yah, not good with Ning Aisyah."

When she opened the door, Sarah was surprised because not only Ning Aisyah but there was Kiai, Nyai, Gus Bagas, Ning Aisyah's husband and also her son Salma.

"Don't be surprised, Miss Sarah, we have good intentions here to be conveyed" said Aisyah.

"Let's go to Kiai and the family, please" Sarah invited the Kiai family.

"May I meet Mba Bilah? please, Mr. Afnan and Ms. Sarah also sit together" said Kiai Irfan.

"What is Kiai?" Sarah looked confused.

"There's nothing Miss Sarah don't be afraid. Just want to convey good intentions to Mba Barah," said Kiai Irfan.

"I called my daughter first well and also my husband." Sarah walked towards the room.

"Well, I'm done. Let's go, Ning Aisyah has been waiting for a long time huh? duh I became bad," said Bilah.

"Bilah, who came not only Ning Aisyah but also there was Kiai and Nyai, Ning Aisyah's husband and her son, also Gus Bagas." I forgot his name."

Sarah is shaking her shoulders up. "They want to talk to you Bilah, Dad told to accompany Bilah too. Looks like there's something to talk to you about."

"His face is serious."

"Well, let's meet them. It's not good that they waited a long time. Dad, come on out."

"Yes Mah" said Afnan.

Blade meets Kiai Irfan's family in the living room. With a smile Blah greeted. Bagas lowered his head from seeing the smile of Blah, his heart started pounding, in his heart, he always said Istigfar.

"Assalamu'alaikum," Barah said his greetings to Kiai and the family.

"Kiai, said Mamah, does anyone want Kiai to say?" tanyakanya.

"Wa'alaikumsalam, my arrival today, led my son to convey his goodwill. Bagas please you express your intentions," he continued.

Blah is made more confused, what exactly is the purpose of the Kiai family to meet Blah in a formal way.

"Bismillah hirohmanirohim, apologize to Mr. Afnan and Ms. Sarah. Maybe confused to see my family come suddenly here. I came here to say that I would like to propose to Mba Bilah as my life companion."

Barat was surprised by the statement from Bagas, who suddenly came to propose to him. Bilah doesn't know ta'aruf, she only knows dating. The man he did not know immediately wanted to propose to him. This funny thinking bar, without knowing through a direct courting application. Blah looked at his parents, from the eyes of Blah hinting for his father who represented him to speak.

"Thank you Kiai for coming, for the goodwill of Gus Bagas, I leave the decision to my daughter completely. But my daughter is not a virgin but a widow. Does Gus Bagas still want to propose to my widowed daughter?" ask Afnan, against Bagas.

"For the status of Mba Bilah I already know Sir, I have met 2 times in Jakarta. And I do not dispute the status of the widow, Abah and Ummi I also do not dispute the status of Mba Bilah," replied Bagas.

"What does Gus Bagas consider to propose to my son, who already knows the status of my daughter is a widow?" ask Afnan again.

"The first Mba This bar is the answer to one-third of my evening prayers. I am sure that God has given me signs of answers to my prayers in Mba Bilah. Second, marry a woman who is a widow because I want to imitate the Prophet, Insha Allah marrying a widow to a people like me can be judged as a virtue and also keep Mba Bilah from the skewed view of society about the status of his widow."

Afnan took a breath and exhaled slowly.

"How's Bilah? you answer," cried Afnan.

Blades looked at Sarah, she was heavy to answer. He asked for time to talk to Sarah first because it was so sudden for him. The bar pulls Sarah's hand into the room.

"Well, what should I answer?" The blade held Sarah's hand, "I don't want to make the wrong decision as before" The blade kissed Sarah's hand.

"Gus Bagas this religion and his ethics are very sholeh, he has not known you for a long time only twice he met you in Jakarta, but wants to justify you, he said, looking at you without any sense of sin if it is lawful, do not mind your status as a widow, intend to keep you from the slander of the world. Will you reject a man like Gus Bagas?" ask Sarah.

"But my heart is still afraid of Mah, afraid of a new person entering my heart and it turns out that he is the same as the previous one" Bilah said.

"Then pray first to God. Is not God the place to answer all your questions" Sarah advised Bilah.

Blah was silent for a moment, he thought about what he was going to say.

"Don't make them wait long for your answer" Afnan said.

The bar came out of the room and now it was in the living room facing Bagas and his family.

"Bismillah, honestly my heart is heavy to accept new people in my heart. But I will ask God's instructions to answer Gus Bagas's proposal. May I have time to answer this question?" ask Bilah.

"Yes, I will wait for an answer from Mba Bilah."

Seriate