Islam Learning Fasting
28. That Fasting?

"Islam cries?" tanya Umma Nur's.

Islam shook her head slowly, this woman's meek voice made her recall Uminya. What's the Umi doing tonight? Does he also miss Islam like Islam who miss Umi very much.

"Did Islam miss Umi?"

Islam shook his head again and said, "No."

Umma smiled then stroked her hair gently back and down to the smooth cheeks of Islam. The face of Islam is really handsome, only there are earrings in the ears that look disturbing Umma Nur's view.

"Umma knows Islam is lying so tell the truth, Umma will hear what Islam says."

Islam is silent, there is no answer.

"Islam is calm! This is Islam..." Umma Nur touched her chest.

"...Umma would not tell Abah about what Islam had said. Islam misses Umi, right?" ask her gently while rubbing the hair of the Islamic gondrong.

Islam took a deep breath and then nodded.

Umma Nur smiled.

"From Umma's hugs! This is the Umma of Islam as well" he said, making Islam lift his chin to look at Umma Nur who looks smiling.

"Come on!"

Islam smiled then immediately embraced the frail body of Umm Nur who had eaten his age. Islam closed his eyes feeling the loving warmth of Umma Nur, again he remembered the Rose made Islam want to cry but this is not the custom of Islam.

Umma Nur stroked the backs of Islam lovingly. Umma Nur did not understand why her husband said that Islam is a child whose head is as hard as stone and Islam is different from other children, well Umma Nur admitted that Islam is different from other children. Islam has a stubborn attitude like a rock but its heart is so soft.

Islam took off his embrace while rubbing his wet cheek, he had just cried.

"Just cry! Its alright. There's only Umma."

Islam smiled as Umma Nur rubbed her cheeks with gentleness.

"Come on sahur, son! Later late," he said to make the image of the Rose again imagined in the memory of Islam.

Islam was silent, he looked down and looked back at Umma Nur who again stroked the hair of Islam.

...***...

Abah Habib was silent staring at the main door, he had been waiting for the arrival of his wife who never showed up. It seems Abah Habib is very worried if Islam is angry because Umma Nur who tried to wake Islam to eat sahur and could Islam beat his wife.

"Oh, go eat! Umma will not come with Islam."

Abah Habib glanced at Akbar who was standing beside him. Abah Habib was silent.

"Akbar has said that Islam should be repatriated. There is no point in letting Islam stay in the pesantren, Abah want to remind again of his mistake?"

"No need!" said Akbir who now stopped his steps on the right left Abah Habib.

"No need to mention someone's mistake! Ana believes Islam will change" he said.

Akbar smacked his lips in annoyance, his brother always defending his son.

"Why antum always-"

"Stop! Don't need to be extended!" cutting Abah habib makes Akbar speechless.

Abah Habib now turned and stepped with a sad face away from Akbar and Akbir who are now silent to each other.

"Yes aki Akbir!" akbar said making Akbir look.

"No need to defend my son! Akhi Akbir had no idea what he had done to Shuaib in my house and in the mosque. Did I see the head of Shuaib who was hit by a shoe? It's all because of Islam" he explained.

"That's what Akbar sees but that's not what you see" Akbir said with a smile.

"Whatever!" he said then turned away.

Akbir looked down for a moment and then he stared at the door where his smile was beautiful looking at Umma Nur and Islam walking together.

"That's Islam!" akbir said that Abah Habib and Akbar turned their heads.

Abah Habib smiled at Islam who is now stepping hand in hand with Islam. Abah Habib did not understand how the wife scolded Islam so that it would wake up sahur.

"Islam!!!" yelling Ali who is now waving his hand makes Islam smile and run to his friend.

Umma Nur stopped the scale right in front of Abah Habib who was seen watching Islam who was laughing with his friends.

"Did the antum beat him up so that he would obey?" abah Habib was answered by Umma Nur.

"Then?"

"Islam has a hard attitude but a soft heart. Abah only approaches Islam, not his heart."

Umma Nur stepped away leaving Abah Habib who was now smiling knot. Slowly the smile faded from Abah Habib's lips, what his wife had just said seemed to slap him.

"This time it's really Abah?" tanya Akbir who is now smiling and then steps away while Akbar is silent behind there.

...***...

"Em, isn't this a kale?" ask Islam.

"It's over" answered Sarifuddin.

"So there was a kale?"

Sarifuddin nodded.

"Udah poured?"

Sarifuddin nodded back.

Buccancy

It feels like the heart of Islam has stopped beating, you fool! Because he was late to the place where Islam ate so he could not see the veiled girl, what kind of misfortune is this?

Brucks

Islam was shocked to stare at the Christian whose forehead was smashed on the table. Kristian raised his head with eyes that looked red with the forehead that also turned red after being hit earlier. Kristian just fell asleep.

"Why you?" ali asked with giggling laughter looking at the silent expressionless Christian face.

Kristian yawns wide so that the rice inside his mouth cavity is visible.

"Well eat!"

Everyone laughed as Islam fed food into the mouth of the Christian who had evaporated made Christianity immediately covered his mouth with a spoon that half had entered his mouth.

"Well, why do you have to eat at this hour?" ask Kristian while chewing.

"Let his fast be strong" replied Sarifuddin.

"Ah I am endak need to eat sahur also strong fast atuh, so endak need to sahur."

"Em sotoy you" said Abirama.

"Well," said Kristian.

"Maybe you can't stand fasting at ten in the morning" he said, lifting ten of his fingers.

"Ah that's what you think oruh, for the servant mah is not so," defended Kristian.

Abirama was silent for a moment, something she did not understand this time.

"What is fasting?" abirama asked making everyone sigh heavily.

"Anjirt, your rice has run out but you don't know what fasting is. By selasin!" peechi Ali elbow elbow Sarifuddin.

"The fast restrains hunger and thirst from dawn to sunset."

"Don't eat, don't drink?"

"Rubber" answered Sarifuddin.

"Dead dong" replied Abirama.

Sarifuddin smiled then shook his head and said, "If fasting can make people die maybe I am dead from the age of five."

"Fasting is not only not eating and not drinking but the whole body is also fasting" he explained.

"You mean?" tanya Ali did not understand.

"Eyes also fast."

"Huh?" surprised Ali with his confused face, "Kan emang eyes do not eat, you can eat with eyes?"

Sarifuddin smiled and shook his head.

"Eye fasting means to keep the vision away from the bad."

"You mean to watch porn?" tanya Ali casually made the students wide in shock and looked at Ali.

"So if you watch her fast is off?"

"Fasting is like collecting points, if the eyes see that is not good then the points will decrease."

"Whose point is it?"

Sarifuddin smiled then pointed up to make Islam, Abirama and Ali looked up at the ceiling of the room.

"Chicak?" ask Ali.

Sarifuddin sighed, "Allah."

Everyone nodded and continued eating.

Brucks

Everyone looked up at Christian who for the second time hit the table. Kristian fell asleep again.