No Love Does Not Mean Red Lights
CH 118S

"Of course you're my dear husband, but how else, I'm still the CEO of Papi. I have to finish my job before I become a good wife for you. Can't I just leave the company? I have to take responsibility with the company" Bela explained

Miss Santi and Mr. Yudha who is also a businessman can certainly understand the words of Bela.

"What Bela said is true Ray, he can't just leave the company." said Santi

"Then why did Mami and Papi marry us, if it turns out that Mami agreed to Bela to return to Singapore? what kind of marriage is Mami and Papi hoping for?" ask Ray

"Of course Mami and Papi you are happy with your marriage, but as you just heard Bela will only finish her job first before Bela really carries out her duties as a wife. You take it easy your wife is safe in Singapore. Mami and Papi will take good care of him" said Santi

Ray snorted in annoyance at the decision they made and again without caring about Ray's feelings, who painstakingly opened his heart to accept Bela as his wife.

In the room there is a debate between Bela and Ray still with the same thing the departure of Bela to Singapore.

"Do you really not appreciate me a little bit as a husband. Right now you're answering to me Bel. " shouted Ray

"Ray, please don't be like this. I know you're a good person, you can understand me. Give me some time, let me finish my work first" he asked

"Then why did you approve of our marriage?" Ray began to be annoyed with Bela who was still insistent on leaving

"You know, from the beginning we both know what our marriage is for, so please don't discuss this issue again. Okay you're my husband and I'm your wife, so you don't need to talk anymore, I know what you're going to say. But the company really needs me right now, please understand that" Bela explained

Ray just shut up and snatched his car keys, his heart upset

Brakes..

Ray slammed the door

"Ray, where are you going?" ask Miss Santi but not ignored Ray who is being controlled by anger.

"Look at your son Pi, as well as his own pergu it just does not answer Mami's question" muttered Bu Santi

"Huft.. actually Papi understood with anger Ray Mi, which husband is not angry just a day of marriage, was willing to be left" Pak Yudha as a man understood his son and threw a rough breath

"Yes can't do that dong Pi, Ray will know his wife is not an ordinary woman. Of course there are many things to take care of" Ms. Santi understood the position of her daughter-in-law. Because from the beginning Santi's own mother who chose Bela to be the wife of her child. To make the company more advanced by combining two companies, without Santi bu, currently the Bela family company is on the verge of bankruptcy and is actually currently looking to make his company as a pedestal in order to survive.

All Ray's parents had in mind was business and business, as if his son's feelings were not so meaningful.

Meanwhile, Ray was trying to think clearly and many times istighfar in his heart. Right now he is just down the road following his aimless heart.

Until unwittingly his car stopped right in front of the boarding school he had once lived in and gave a lot of knowledge that he had never known before.

Ray was still silent in his car while looking from afar the atmosphere of the crowded pesantren and the voices of people chanting verses of the Quran that sounded so soothing, so soothing, and instantly able to make his heart back calm and feel peaceful.

Tok..

He knocked on Ray's car window

Ray immediately opened the door and got out of the car

"Assalamu'alaikum Abah" Ray said

"Walaikumsalam, why stay here ? comein!" said Abah first stepped into the pesantren

"Where is it from?" ask Ray who's following Abah behind

"From the village next door, fill out a routine study in the mosque there" replied Abah

"Son Ray himself why isn't he here?" ask Abah who actually feels that something is happening. Moreover, Abah knows that Ray yesterday just married the woman of his parents' choice

"Ray's heart seems to be leading Ray here bah" Ray replied

Abah looked at Ray and raised his eyebrows

"Will Ray talk to Abah? who knows, you might reduce the burden on Ray's mind. Ray knows, Abah already considered you, Danu and Niko Abah's own son"

Can't Ray deny every conversation with Abah win his heart always feel comfortable like a child who misses his father. A feeling Ray never got from his own biological father.

Abah asked him to sit behind Abah's house while feeding him fish

"So what's really going on? shouldn't you be happy as a newlywed?" asked Abah while throwing food for ikam nila Abah.

"Ray did not know what kind of marriage Ray's parents planned for Ray bah, Just a day married Ray's wife was willing to return to Singapore to take care of his business while Ray's parents just agreed, just like that, no one wants to understand what Ray's heart is like, because for them this marriage is just a business to unite the two companies" explained Ray with eyes glaring

"Astaghfirullah, Ray being the head of the household was responsible until the afterlife. As a husband you have the right to reprimand your wife if your wife is wrong.

How to educate the wife has also been exemplified by Aquan and Prophet Muhammad SAW through the hadith sahih. “Then if they obey you, then do not look for ways to trouble him” (QS. Nisa': 34). One of the recommended ways to educate a wife to obey her husband and religion is to advise her.

Then if you do not like them, (then be patient) because maybe you do not like something, whereas Allah made him a lot of good.” (QS. An-Nisaa’: 19)

So Abah's advice to be patient with Ray, InsyaAlloh this will be a field of reward for you.

"What does Abah think Ray can be a priest who can guide Ray's wife in the path of Alloh bah?" ask Ray

"Pray, ask for help and guidance from Allah, InsyaAlloh Abah is sure Ray can pass this test. It is not possible to give a test but to love His people. And every exam that God gives will have a purpose and purpose. And all the destiny that Allah gives must be good, so never think bad about the destiny that you are currently living, because all the destiny of Allah must be good. Sometimes people are impatient. Therefore Abah's message be patient!"

Abah gives a message to Ray, because Abah knows Ray is a good person regardless of what his past is like. But now Ray has transformed into a servant who obeyed the commandment of God.

Ray sighed and tried to absorb what Abah said.

"Well, if Ray calms down here today, is it okay? ask Ray

"Whenever you want to be here please, Abah will gladly accept. It's just that Abah seran do not take long, immediately go home to your wife and try to speak well" said Abah

"Yes bah, Ray promised only tonight. Tomorrow Ray's going home there talking to Bela again. Because if Ray came home and talked to Bela, we would have had a storm. Because we are still both emotional at the moment, maybe tomorrow when we both calm down. Ray will try to talk back to Bela"

"Maybe this is not easy, because to change a person's habits is not an easy thing. But when you can take your wife back to the right path, it will all be a reward for you. Believe that Allah's destiny must be the best"

"Thank you Bah, Ray felt like he was being cared for by Ray's own parents. Since childhood things like this never get Ray from Ray's parents. Once upon a time when Ray had an accident and had to be hospitalized, Ray thought when Ray opened his eyes Ray would see Mami and Papi, but it turned out it was just a dream. Because when Ray opened his eyes it turned out that there was only our housekeeper who was guarding Ray at that time. Mami only left a large amount of money for the cost of hospital care. From then on Ray really felt Ray's life was useless. Ray's days spent in a place of worship, without fear of sin because indeed since childhood there was no one to guide Ray to know God." Ray sighed

Abah feels overcome with what Ray experienced, because his parents are too blind in world affairs to forget his obligations as a parent. Being a parent is not just about feeding and buying all his needs, but also educating and equipping him with religious knowledge. Parents will be held accountable in the Hereafter.

Quran Surah At-Tahrim verse 6 described “Let yourself and your family from hellfire”. Parents in Islam are required to earnestly foster, nurture and educate their children well. The goal is for these children to survive the afterlife.

"Your test is not easy Ray, but Abah is sure if you take this exam, InsyaAlloh will one day turn sweet. And you should be grateful, for Allah has given you guidance, for Allah gives Hidayah only to those who are willed. Abah pray that Ray will always be Istiqomah" Abah said and Ray assured

***

In the small room he used to be in with Niko, Tonight Ray is alone to reflect on what Abah had said last afternoon.

"Assalamu'alaikum"

"Walaikumsalam" replied Ray heard a voice that was familiar with greeting, his eyes towards the direction of the voice, it was true that Niko and Danu. Two best friends who are always there for Niko

"What is this Ray?" Danu tapped Ray on the shoulder and sat down beside Ray

"Kok you guys know I'm here? did Abah tell you?" ask Niko

"No, but Ulya told us. Coincidentally this afternoon when Ulya finished teaching, Ulya saw you here. I suspect something must be wrong, if until the newlyweds actually look for a place to calm down. Right no?" ask Niko

"Ray, we've been friends for a long time. Not just friends, but we are like brothers. And as brothers are called, should we not strengthen one another?" danu Sahut

"Thank you Dan, Nik. You are my brothers. I'm grateful that in the midst of the problems I face, there are always you guys who strengthen me." Ray said

"So what really happened?" ask Danu

And Ray told me what happened between himself and Bela

"I think, when Bela wants to get married wearing clothes in accordance with the Islamic Shari'a, it's because Bela really wants to change and learn to be the right wife. it turned out that it was just part of his plan for us to get married soon and they could get back into business, of course by uniting their company like they had planned from the start."

"Bela's Path, so she's not doing her job as a wife? means last night he didn't give you your rights as a husband?" ask Niko

"I'm not in a hurry to do that, Bela wants to learn to be the right wife by staying here, I'm Alhamdulillah. But he is still determined to return to lead his company in Singapore" explained Ray

"Look Ray, because from the beginning Bela was a CEO, how about you try to give up. You're the only one there" said Niko

"Papi and Mami won't agree if I leave the company here. After all I am the head of the household, should I be the one who works for a living? I'm not with my wife and my wife who work" Ray replied

"It's true" said Niko

"Singapore, Indonesia can still be reached by plane, you go back to Singapore every weekend to meet Bela" said Danu

"The problem is that we are newlyweds who are married have not grown a sense of love, how the feeling of love between us can grow if we are far away" said Niko

"Slow down, maybe Bela still needs time. You must be patient" said Danu corroborated

"How about tonight we burn the fish behind us, it must be exciting" said Danu so that Ray could forget his sadness

Danu knows, what Ray is facing right now is not an easy thing. If in the past when they were still far from God and did not know what sin was, every problem they ran to the night club, and accompanied by alcohol and women of the night, he said, but now when they have a problem. They prefer to calm the mind by finding a place that can give peace with the Quran reading. And tonight they decided to cheer Ray up by having dinner together, and cooking grilled fish together. Just to forget the sadness that Ray experienced.

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