The Gema Shahadah Aisyah

The Gema Shahadah Aisyah
Admire Ustadz Umar


Water fountains are like soothing natural music. Koi fish with various patterns swim here and there. Every now and then they swim to the surface opening and clenching their mouths producing bubbles that burst in just a fraction of a second.


Atalie looked seriously at the yellow-coated book she got this afternoon. The back garden of the house is his favorite place to spend his free time, read a book, listen to music, watch a movie or just daydream.


Faintly Atalie heard her mama calling her name from inside the house. Slowly her voice drew closer, without taking her eyes off the book Atalie knew her mother was here.


"Atalie, which one do you think is good, blue or red?" Renata—mama Atalie comes with two blue and red dresses.


"Red." Atalie replies without seeing her mama, she knows Renata likes the color red. Even if Atalie answers blue, Renata will still use the red dress.


"You haven't even seen it yet, take a look."


Atalie snorted putting the book on a small table nearby. He saw two dresses that his mother had brought.


"Nice blue." Atalie was honest, she preferred a simple model.


"But red makes your skin look brighter."


Atalie turned the eyeballs off guard, the edges of which Renata would definitely choose red. Freely he asked Atalie if from the beginning had determined the answer.


"Mama's skin is bright, wear anything remains bright."


"Oh yeah?" Renata made it hard for her eyes to look at Atalie.


"Yes, I've been studying fashion since Junior High, you shouldn't doubt my ability to judge looks."


Renata smiled broadly, "that's why you should wear blue tomorrow as well."


"Ready!" Atalie brandished her hand, she linked her thumb and index finger to form the letter O.


"Come get ready to eat."


"For a while, I haven't finished reading." Atalie again picked up the book she had put on the table just now. He used to read books in one sitting, if it is not finished it feels like something is stuck. After all the book was not very thick, only about 200 pages.


"What books do you read, Mama saw from this afternoon you seriously read it until it does not move from the chair."


"Dear of the title." Atalie showed me the front cover of the book.


"What a great name." Renata seems not to care much about the book that Atalie read, the important thing is that the eldest child did not read anything bad.


Renata returns home to put down her clothes and prepares for dinner.


Atalie followed to the dining room after finishing Aisyah's book to the last page. In the living room there are already papa Atalie—Jaya, Renata and Daniel—adik Atalie.


Atalie sat down on an empty chair and picked up a bit of rice.


"Let's pray first." Jaya raises her hand to lead the prayer followed by the others. "Belief, Faith, in Jesus, hallelujah, Amen."


"Amen." Answer Atalie, Daniel and Renata simultaneously.


"Mama, go stewing." Atalie had drooled to eat soy sauce meat that was almost every day at the dinner table but she never got bored.


Renata put two pieces of meat on Atalie's plate, he also gave the same portion to Daniel without being asked.


"Daniel's wearing blue to church tomorrow."


"Yes Ma." Daniel answered briefly.


"Papa too." Renata glanced at Jaya.


Jaya nodded, Renata always riweh every Sunday about the clothes they would wear to the church. Must be in color to look compact he said. They had no choice but to obey Renata's will.


"Atalie, where are you going today?" Jaya asks Atalie a question, she has not seen her daughter all day.


"Around the Mall with Khanza and Ayana, eat also continue—" Atalie stopped her sentence, she could not tell if she also went to the mosque. Although only a fad but Atalie is afraid Jaya is angry.


"Sama Gracia too." Atalie doesn't lie about it, she leaves with Gracia but after she finishes the fight, Gracia goes home first.


"You don't hang out with them often, Atalie." Renata gave advice.


"Indeed they why Ma, Mama herself who said that we are friends are not allowed to look at religion, race and tribe and they're after one college campus so it's natural that I befriend them both."


Atalie met Khanza and Ayana at the college where they were studying. Atalie is currently undergoing a master of management program while Khanza and Ayana are in the final semester of the strata education program. However, Atalie's age with both is not far adrift. Atalie could get an S1 degree at the age of 21 thanks to an accelerated program during high school.


"Mama knows, but you're very familiar with Khanza and Ayana, Mama's just worried about you—"


"No, Mama calm down." Cut Atalie off before Renata finishes his sentence.


Daniel glanced at Atalie, this afternoon he accidentally saw her brother coming out of the mosque. At first Daniel thought he might be wrong but after looking at it carefully, he was convinced that it was indeed Atalie. But Daniel won't tell his parents, isn't that Atalie's right? Atalie's a grown-up now.


"Sir Atalie, wait!" Daniel held Atalie's hand as they were about to enter their respective rooms. Daniel turned to his right and left to make sure no one else was here except them.


Atalie reflex also turned to the right and left in confusion, they were already like a thief who was afraid of being caught off guard by an angry master. In reality they are the hosts themselves.


"I saw Atalie coming out of the mosque."


"Shhhhh!" Atalie glared and immediately stuffed Daniel's mouth before the younger brother spoke again. "Don't tell Papa Mama." His whisper.


Daniel lowered Atalie's hand from his mouth, "So, I'm not going there, ah weird!" Daniel also glared, now the two brothers are fighting each other.


"Iseng doang follow Khanza with Ayana anyan fun as well as her Ustadz story listen."


"Don't macem-macem deh, later found out Mama and Papa just know the taste." Daniel warned that the mosque was quite close to where they lived. Daniel is worried that his father or mother saw Atalie while in the mosque.


"You can keep a secret."


"If I'm found out, I'm not following you." Daniel brought his face closer to Atalie as if threatening when he could not complain. It's the same as putting Atalie in a crocodile's mouth.


"Why are you there whispers?"


Atalie and Daniel gasp at Renata's voice. Atalie immediately took off Daniel's hand and turned around to see Renata stepping towards them.


"It's okay, I'm just telling Daniel that tomorrow I'm taking my own car to church."


Daniel mendelik, since when Atalie is good at making up stories even though their discussion is far from it.


"Tumbens?" Renata's forehead wrinkled.


"I want to return the book to my house after coming home from church "


"okay." Renata allows Atalie to bring her own car, she steps up the stairs to the third floor where her room is located.


"Ma, Atalie's sister has a boyfriend that's definitely not a friend." Daniel Exclamations.


"What the hell, Ma's lying." Atalie glared at Daniel.


Renata stopped her steps and turned her back to see her two children who were always noisy.


"Yes, Niel, your brother is an adult so it's natural that he has a girlfriend."


"Dengerin tuh, you're a real school." Atalie stuck her tongue out at Daniel and waltzed into the room.


Atalie threw her body onto the bed, now she understood why people were laughing at her earlier. The book made Atalie learn new things from the figure of Aisyah who was still very young when founding the madrasah and gave birth to many famous scholars until now.


"Umar doesn't just have a good public speaking, he's also good." Atalie turned her position tilted to the right looking at the book she had placed on the nightstand. He remembered everyone laughing at him except Umar. No wonder the study of Umar is always full of male and female pilgrims.


"Did he have a wife?" Atalie was suddenly curious about it. "We'll find the answer tomorrow." He was excited to see the address written on the first page of the book. Atalie suspects it was Umar's home address. Atalie will visit him tomorrow and return Umar's book.