
“Wait a minute, Stella. Just a little more, finish” Maryam said to Stella. He lets Stella sit on the porch with Khalisa.
“Ah, if you see this Maryam so remember a small time first” said Khalisa.
Stella turned her head, feeling interested in her interlocutor's story.
“Then, Mbak Maryam always watering plants in the courtyard of the boarding house. Then, Azam and I played on the terrace, sometimes while being fed to Fatimah. My parents have left me in the cottage since I sat on the bench in kindergarten, leaving me to Abi Daud and umi Fatimah” Khalisa said.
Stella was still silent, listening to the woman tell her story.
“My childhood with Azam mas and also Zaidan a lot, mbak Maryam is in charge of accompanying us to play. If there is anything with me, Azam and Zaidan will run to take care of me. I feel like a queen among them” Sahut Khalisa again.
“Did sister Maryam not include their queen?” Stella Sahut.
“Ah but, they always take care of me. Sister Maryam is like a queen mother to me, she also always takes care of me like her own sister. Not infrequently, he waited for me in the hospital if I was sick. Sometimes I accidentally eat shrimp which causes my allergies relapse” Khalisa said again.
“Then you know shrimp allergy but, you still eat shrimp? Is that an attitude pick me girl if the kids say now?” Ask Stella.
“Emm, What is pick me girl?. It's just because the shrimp taste delicious. You know, I don't really like hanging out with women, I think hanging out with guys is simpler and less complicated. I also prefer boys toys, maybe because I used to play with Azam and Zaidan mas only?” Khalisa.
Stella just smiled hearing that explanation. Who knew that Stella was the actual temperature in the past? Before becoming Azam's wife.
“Azam doesn't have time to keep playing around, Khalisa, you know that” said Maryam, the woman set foot on the porch after washing her feet.
“But Azam always managed to take care of me, mbak. He is indeed the best man after abi” Khalisa said then entered following Maryam followed by Stella.
“Iya but, that was it. Now, Azam already has a wife and he looks so loving his wife, you can see it earlier” replied Maryam, the woman took some books on the study table placed in the living room.
Khalisa was silent, he could not say anything more.
“This is some of the books we studied at the boarding school, Stella. There are seven books that discuss various things in it. Take it and ask Azam if you have free time. I will give you a little material about the basics only and the most important thing is about the household, so that someday when you face problems, the, you can appreciate it well and make you a family that is sad mawaddah warahmah, not like me who failed in the household”
Stella was silent for a moment, “Kak?” Mumbled Stella.
Because, he does not know if it turns out that sister Maryam has been married and failed?
“Whenever we talk about it, now I want to explain about faith, sharia and morality. After that we learned to teach together ya” said Maryam.
“We discussed about the pillars of Islam first yes, umi has told you not?” Ask Maryam.
Stella nodded.
“This language contains some material about Islam, there are Islamic scriptures and also some others. This pillar of Islam is the pillar of Islam itself.
The Prophet has told us about the pillars in Islam, he said ‘Islam was built on 5 things. The first is to testify that there is no God other than Allah SWT and the prophet Muhammad SAW is His messenger.’ So, there is nothing we should worship except Allah SWT”
Stella just listened, shadow as she said “I don't believe Lord” to Azam a few days ago, before marrying the man. The sentence was ringing in his head, guilt and regret as it perched in his heart.
Look now, he swallowed his own saliva. So submissive with Allah SWT, even ashamed of himself when praying on the prayer mat every night, his cries broke every time he asked Allah SWT for forgiveness.
“Next is Prayer. Stella, our faith as human beings will go up and down with time. Sometimes we will feel that we love Allah SWT so much but, not infrequently also we will feel so lazy to do His commands. It is a temptation of the devil because the devil wants to tempt people to hell later, he has friends
So, Stella as long as you are, as busy as you are, try to pray on time, give good practices, do miser and do not forget to teach. Understand every verse you read, it all has meaning.
Azam must have often explained to you about some verses and also some hadiths about the problems you face” said Maryam, she explained everything in detail.
In silence, Stella actually felt insinuated because the bad attitudes that she did did not reflect a Muslim at all.
“The third is fasting, then zakat and the last is to take the Hajj if you can. In the past, when the family had taken the Hajj for the second time, Azam was the only one who had not performed the service. He said he wanted to perform the Hajj for his own hard work and God willing to go with his wife if Allah SWT allowed it.
His career has only been soaring for a few years, he had already booked tickets for two people at that time. You know not if in our country, to go there need to wait some time, according to the queue?
I don't understand why he wanted to sign up for this method, but if he wanted to leave first, he could leave on his plane. A gift from one of abi's colleagues when the central company opened a few years ago, he said to make it easy for Azam to travel abroad but, Azam even gave the plane to people leaving for Umrah worship every year” said Khalisa.
Stella was surprised, was her husband that rich? Even have a plane.
“This is not something riya ya Stella. Riya means to show off but, it means someone who does charity or worship to get praise, not because of Allah SWT.
In the case I told you just now, it is one example of practice, where when you do a good to someone and you use it for good in the way of Allah SWT, where you do good, open only the person you gave it will get the reward but, you will also get the reward over it” Maryam can really make Stella amazed.
Just from one discussion about the pillars of Islam but, so many lessons he can get. There are so many life values that he can learn.
And also, she knew a little about her husband. Men who do not really like excessive things and are also generous.