Wedding Agreements
137.Fasted
After the morning walk he immediately cleaned himself to refresh his body that smelled of sweat. Then she dried her hair with a small towel on her right hand by sitting at the dressing table.
Ega saw his wife massaging his shoulders from behind, "Darling for me to help."
"Mas let me be alone, you better take a quick shower there stinks this," Asha said.
"We're going to Surabaya, right?"
"I'm up to you, your driver. I just want to eat mother's cooking, surely mas ngak want his son to be upset. Beautiful-beautiful what they said later," said Asha stopped her activity staring at her husband from the reflection of the mirror.
"Cute beauty?! Is it in here a girl?" asked Ega by raising both of his eyebrows upwards.
Asha shakes.
"If you don't know why you say that?"
"I just want our first child to be a girl, surely someday she can help take care of her younger siblings. What do you want first?"
I pause for a moment to think.
"Don't you like girls?" asked Asha with a sigh
her husband's hand was on her shoulder.
"No dear. Whatever gender he is grateful for has been present in our lives, I just hope he is given a complete organ without any physical flaws. If you can ask him to have twins boy and girl but we leave it to God, he knows what is best for us" explained Ega.
Ega put his ear on the skin of Asha's abdomen, he deliberately slightly exposed it to open a little so that he could come into direct contact to interact with his future baby.
Ega chanting alfatihah also known as Ummul Qur’an is one of the most noble surahs. Reading alfatihah is a condition of prayer. Surah AlFatihah is believed to calm the heart and strengthen memory. Therefore, this surah is said to be recommended to be often read by pregnant women. So that later the child they contain has a calm heart and a strong memory. Then he read Surah Al-Baqarah is the longest surah in the Qur’an, which consists of 286 verses. There are many glorious verses in it that contain valuable lessons for those who learn them. One of them is verse 128, which is widely recommended to be read often by pregnant women. Verse 128 in Surah Al Baqarah is actually a prayer offered by Prophet Ibrahim AS when with his son Prophet Ismail AS, which reads.
“Rabbanaa waj ‘ainaa muslimaini wa min dzurriyyatinaa ummatam muslimatal laka wa arina manasasiaa wa tub ‘alainna innakan antattawwaabur rahiim."
Which means, “Our Lord, make us both submissive to You, and (make) among our posterity those who obey you, and show us the ordinance of worship, and accept our repentance, verily You are the All-Receiver of repentance, the Most Merciful."
"Be quick to take a bath you stink once" Asha ordered by ruffling her husband's hair.
After the departure of her husband she immediately took a suitcase to prepare some clothes dressing owned by her husband who will be used to stay at her parents' house. While he only took one pair because there were already many clothes of his.
"Darling, how did you put the clothes in the suitcase?" ask Ega who came out of the bathroom by wrapping a towel around his lower body with a towel in his right hand to dry his hair.
"Oh, this sarong, cocoa shirt, shirt, as well as shorts and long, t-shirts for mas staying at the mother's house. There's no change of clothes there so I bring a little more so that when there no need to bring anymore."
"Honey, we don't need to bring that many clothes we can buy on the road later. How long do you want to stay there?"
"At least one week mas," replied Asha.
"What?"
If one week there I have to fast again inner Ega.