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Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi rooji'uun" (We belong to Allah and to Allah we return). (Al-Baqarah 2:156)

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Along the way Sari locked her mouth tightly, hoping that Moses could focus on driving the car and quickly reach the grandfather's house. While all along the way Moses tried to calm Sari.

Arriving at the grandfather's house, there were already many people back and forth there, bi Nunung who saw Moses' car, immediately approached and grabbed Rashid into his arms as Sari got down from the car.

A white flag bearing the inscription inna lillahi wa innaa ilaihi rooji'uun fluttered in the wind.

Sari's eyelids were instantly filled with puddles of tears. His legs felt limp, and were very heavy to step on.

Although Moses had calmed him along the way in various ways, but when he saw the state of the crowded grandfather's house, and when he reached the room saw the body of the grandfather who was stretched out did not exhale again, he did not breathe again, beside him was accompanied by Irsyad, Umi and Abi who were meditating on the Qur'an. Sari could no longer hold back her cries.

Sari's attempt to hold back the tears since then finally failed, her tears like springs pouring profusely flooded her cheeks. Sari immediately bent her knees and hugged her grandfather's body which looked like a sleeping person with a smile.

Although without a sound, but looking from his shoulders up and down, while as hot as possible, everyone knows if Sari is crying over her grandfather's departure.

" Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilaihi rooji'uun, astaghfirullah hal'adzim", Umi guides Sari to be privileged.

Now that the sound of people berpadarus heard more and more, the neighbors more and more came to say condolences, and participate in the procession of handling the body, to the funeral.

Just as the Isa adhan was reverberating, Grandpa Atmo's funeral was done, all the process went smoothly and quickly.

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Abi POV

" Mbahe tiyang sae, mulo katah nganter follow customs" (Grandfather good people, so many who drove to the funeral).

" God willing mlebet suarganing Gusti Allah, Si Mbah Atmo kan ngibadaeh diligently sanget, nopo malih sodakohe, Masha Allah ra tau keri" (god willing to go to heaven, grandfather Atmo was very diligent in worship, moreover, his sodakoh never missed).

" Sing krasa krasa really must be yes Sari, putu wadon sing manggon together, mbatiri wis welan taun, kawit sedane Mbah putri" (That feels really lost for sure Sari, who is really, the granddaughter who lived with him, accompanied him for a dozen years, since his grandmother died).

" Wong Urip must have a debt of starch, what maning nyatane mbae wis sepuh, but including yes dewei age dawa, lunison won putune on dadi wong success. Siji dadi doctor, wis mbojo karo lecturer, siji maning neng office work, olih bojone pegawe bank" (The living must be in debt to death, what else is the fact that grandfather is old, old man, but grandfather is classified as a long life, to watch his grandchildren become successful people. One became a doctor and was married to a lecturer, another worked in an office, and his wife worked in a bank).

" About kie arep depanggoni sapa?, putune wis on mbojo, manggone ngetutna bojone kabeh, anake what maning ora tau gelem mangon neng kene"(About this house who will occupy?, his granddaughter is married, he lives following a couple, what else his son never wants to live here).

And there's still a lot of chatter from the man who's being dishonored at Atmo's grandfather's house caught by my ears.

Tonight the recitation event sent a prayer for Grandpa Atmo directly held. So many worshipers are present, surely because grandfather is a supple person, easy to get along with everyone and all circles. Many contacts and also active in the society.

I remembered this time, the morning before noon he called me .

" I'm sorry to interrupt, must be busy taking care of the goat with the cow?".

At that time Grandfather's tone was still fine, I didn't put my suspicions in the least. But at the end of the conversation, the sentence made me choose to hand over the knife I would use to cut up beef to the other committee.

" Grandfather called just want to apologize profusely, if it has been a lot of trouble Abi and his ummi Musa all this time, and grandfather titip Sari, Sari, please love and take care of her as you love and care for your own child".

I could hear his hoarse voice, perhaps holding back the cry.

I decided to go straight home, take my wife to Purwokerto, using the train, fortunately still get a ticket with the closest departure.

About 4 hours drive, we arrived at the station. At half-time 3, my wife and I decided to pray Dzuhur station, it is very late, but hopefully still accepted.

Arriving at the grandfather's house at 3 o'clock, I heard the voice of a woman who was teaching from inside the room, it turned out that Rashid's babysitting aunt was sitting next to grandfather, who was, by then, Grandfather's eyes were empty and could no longer be spoken to.

I immediately took ablution and read the Qur'an that I took from the nightstand. So is my wife.

At that time I did not realize that my son and daughter-in-law were not in the house. I thought they were already here, so I did not contact Moses or Sari.

It was only when grandfather had breathed his last, that I withdrew from my seat and informed the family that grandfather was gone, at 5 pm, a very responsible time to bury the body, he said, but it turns out that Irsyad suggested to be directly in the sanctuary and buried, it was a message from his grandfather directly, before he died.

And I do not expect, when the news of his death was broadcast on the loudspeakers of the mosque and mosque-mushola, so many neighbors who came to participate in polishing and delivering to the cemetery.

Even when delivering the body to the cemetery, there are already so many residents who are there, they also made a grave for grandfather, there may be about 25 people or more.

It was only a few hours that the hole was ready to bury grandfather's body.

I'm getting moved by all the ease and smoothness of Grandpa Atmo's funeral. And more moved when he saw how many people who came to serve and accompany his departure.

When I came home from the funeral I saw hundreds of flower arrangements of condolences from various circles. Some from private, agencies, companies, government officials, and from various other circles have lined up neatly along the way to the house.

It is true that the words of wisdom that I often hear, "what you are picking now is the result of what you have been planting. The seeds that you water in your life continuously will grow and produce fruit that you will pick and enjoy".

" As with your attitude all along. If only you made good then you will always get good from around you".

I remember one of the verses in the Quran’an which explains that, "do good, ease someone who is in trouble then look at you will be facilitated by Allah".

And that's all true, I can see for myself at this time, how God facilitated all the processes, from purifying the body, delivering, to burying the body of Atmo's grandfather.

If we do good to others without realizing that goodness is always on our side. Depending on how our hearts respond to something, it would be better if we continue to be prejudiced both toward others and also to the Creator.

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Moses is still trying to calm Sari, of course using Rashid as an excuse to keep Sari conscious and not dissolved in grief.

Actually Moses also understood the sadness that Sari felt, because Sari had been closer to her grandfather than to her papa mother. No wonder Sari so lost.

" Dear, even though you do not want to eat, please keep eating, Rashid still needs his mother, do not let because you are dissolved in sadness, making your breast milk not smooth, Rasyid said, and it will also affect our son".

Sari simply nodded expressionlessly, like a duck that lost its mother. Though from yesterday Sari has learned to organize the heart, to accept if at any time her grandfather had to go to face the Divine.

But in reality, Sari was difficult to be as mediocre as possible. Because grandpa's been like his soulmate all this time.

Sari's grandfather thought he was selfish, forcing him to live in Purwokerto. It turns out to be the wingless angel Sari, because the grandfather who can make Sari slowly changes for the better.

It used to be grandfather who sought him out to teach naji, grandfather who always came at every student guardian meeting, Grandpa who comforted him when he was feeling sad, Grandfather who always congratulated him on every success he achieved, Grandpa who came on his graduation day in High School. The grandfather is always happy for his happiness, and will grieve for the sadness he feels.

Sari's life is full of memories with her grandfather. So of course it was difficult for Sari to remain on good terms, when her heart was feeling so sad.

" Goodbye grandfather Atmo, may grandfather be placed in the most beautiful, peaceful place by His side, Sari will try to make Grandpa's departure".

" You are the best grandfather, Sari will learn to do and continue all the good that grandfather has done so far, insyaallah.". ", do'a Sari after he performed the sunna prayer Anisil Qabri*.

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*Shalat Anisil Qabri is the prayer of the sunah on the first night the body was buried. In the hope that this prayer can provide help to the corpse so that he survived the torture of the grave.