Competing Love With Ustadz
Competing Love With Ustadz

Faza hung up his phone and fell silent with what he had answered Abinya. Then he remembered all the words Zayn had said to him.

"No-no, my decision to accept Ustadz Adnan's proposal is correct, Abi must know better which one is best for me." Faza continued to reassure his heart and brushed off his feelings for Zayn.

•••

Faraz tried to calm Zayn who looked so riled up.

His intention to ask permission to Pak Kiai by bringing his Papa was even preceded by Ustadz Adnan and his family.

"Zayn, calm yourself down, You can't show your anger in front of them, They are Ustadz and Mr. Kiai, So no matter how angry we are, we have to be humble and polite to them.

"But I can't lose it Pa."

"But it seems like He's not your soul mate Zayn, You see Ning Faza's parents, Ning Faza's Parents are the Owners and nannies of this boarding school, While Ustadz Adnan's parents They look so religious, they look so, And Ustadz Adnan himself was a handsome young Ustadz who had a much higher religious knowledge than our family, We would not be worth Them Zayn."

"Is that important? Shouldn't marriage be based on love from both sides?"

"Not all of you Zayn, Papa and Mama are also not married because of love, What else Those who understand about the science of religion, Surely their purpose in marriage is to worship Allah SWT."

Zayn lowered his head. It feels like his heart is so sick to accept the fact that his girlfriend has been proposed by another man.

"Zayn, do you really love him?" ask Faraz who has never seen Zayn sad because of women.

"Very Pa, Zayn has always been close to a lot of girls, but no one can steal Zayn's heart like Ning Faza, If all this time the girls directly looked at Zayn with seductive gazes, Then Ning Faza would lower his gaze, If the other girls racing to display his sexiness then Ning Faza hid it with his shari'i gown, If the others directly hugged Zayn, Then Ning Faza would directly turn his back on Zayn.

He was so guarding himself from the non-mahram even when he was far from pesantren, Far from the eyes of Abi and Umminya."

"Papa doesn't know much about religion, but you know very well if sustenance, soul mate and death have been written before we were born, So Papa can only say, If Ning Faza is your soul mate, you are, Then God will unite you no matter how."

Zayn nodded and hugged his father.

•••

After the magrib prayer as usual the santri eat dinner together with a regular queue. Unlike usual this time Ustadz Adnan also lined up with other students.

After that Ustadz Adnan looked around at the empty seat and only saw the seat in front of the empty Zayn.

Zayn raised his gaze and saw his love competitors sitting right in front of him.

"Hay Zayn" said Ustadz Adnan.

Zayn was cynical and continued to devour his food. The food that Zayn used to despise, but now it is used to his tongue.

"You're mad at me?"

"Is there any reason I'm angry with Ustadz?" Zayn asked coldly.

"Of course, you're angry that I proposed to Ning Faza right?"

Zayn still ignored Ustadz Adnan's words by continuing to devour his food.

"It's been planned for so long, and it's a new time now, If you think I'm ahead of you then you're wrong, Because Pak Kiai himself wanted this since Ning Faza was sitting on the High School bench."

"But Ustadz don't be confident just yet, let's see how Ning Faza answers." Zayn got up and prepared to leave Ustadz Adnan. But Zayn was again stopped by the speech of Ustadz Adnan.

"Even Ning Faza by phone had already agreed to this proposal."

The deg! Instantly Zayn felt his heart pierced by a thousand thorns upon hearing Ustadz Adnan's confession.

"Zayn I know you're a brave man, who's reckless and won't stay silent, but you need to remember one thing.

Indeed, it is not permissible to apply for someone else's proposal before he marries or abandons him, the Hadith of Imam Bukhari and Imam An-Nasa'i, which is from Abu Hurairah."

Zayn, who was still standing, turned to look at Ustadz Adnan.

"I won't propose to Ning Faza because Ustadz has already proposed to him, But don't blame me if by the time Ning Faza gets home, Ning Faza feels doubtful about his decision and is more inclined to me than Ustadz." Zayn was confident and left Ustadz Andan.

Ustadz Andan was silent and worried about what Zayn was saying.

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