Due For Inheritance (D. U. I)

Chapter 7

“Of course, we agreed”. Aisha spoke on behalf of the entire family. “This has been done according to Shariah and we’ve all done our findings as well. If Allah speaks, who dare to say he has not spoken well”. Aisha concluded and looked at the faces of her family to see their expressions but no one argued. Even the strong headed Aaidah and Hajara knows when to keep quiet.

Meanwhile Haleemah and the fourth wife, Hayatullah couldn’t help feeling guilty.
Haleemah had almost lost her faith due to a temporal inconvenience. When Allah had already prepared things for her at her doorstep. She has more than enough now according to her share of the inheritance, that she don’t even see the need to get back her money from the two evil minded people. What she had in savings that she almost lost her Islam over compared to her share of the property now is like a drop of water compared to the ocean. It’s absolutely nothing.

She knew their husband was well to do but had never thought that he had so much. But that should have been expected considering her husband’s fear of poverty. Abdulahad never wanted his family to witness what he went through, most especially his children and he had always hammered that he had provided enough for his family to live on even if they decided never to work again and Alhamdullillah he was true to his words.

Hayatullah also initially wanted to stay behind at the mansion just to show her co-wives and step children hell because she thought she wouldn’t inherit enough property to require her to live on her own with just her children in a different apartment.

Alhamdullillah for Islam, otherwise, she would have been cheated out of the share of the property but now she has a new resolve and that’s to keep living with them in the mansion not to cause trouble but to make peace with her new family and give her children a stable upbringing. Her step children have their good and bad side as expected of every human, so rather than fighting it, she’ll live with it Insha Allah and change the little she could for the better of course.

Hajara and Hauwa were not left behind suffering from their evil conscience. After all they have thought of ways to manipulate the entire family in order for them to live in luxury but everything had been resolved just in a sitting. “No wonder we pray to Allah to make us a wealthy Mumin’. Hajara thought. They became wealthy now and are suddenly contented. Who would have thought that the entire family would agree on what Matt said. This was the first time.

By midday, Haleemah called papa Udo to send the account details because she’ll be sending the money to get what was assigned to her for her cousins' wedding. Indeed her joy knew no bounds. Immediately she dropped the call, she received two unexpected guests; her friend and aunt.

Haleemah would have been extremely mad had they come earlier but she’s in a good mood and would hear them out. They did explain themselves and the explanation was reasonable enough. Although their landlord had warned them ahead of time that the house would be renovated but they didn’t take it seriously and they were requested to pack out when they least expected it. As a result, they sold off almost all of their things, including their phones in a bid to make ends meet.

Eventually they left after pleading and asking for forgiveness with also a promise to repay her as soon as they were back on their feet and she asked them to take their time. ‘Patience is indeed a virtue’. She thought.

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Weeks after Muhammad made a resolve to help out Baasim, he finally went in search for him. Locating his home wasn’t difficult at all as everyone knows the poor boy and his blind father who comes to the mosque for every prayer along with his father though his father was absent the one time he met him.

When he got to what they called a house but indeed looked like a building due for renovation due to its poor state, he saw a young man opening up his kiosk to display his wares. When he looked closely, he realized that the young man was Baasim. He also noticed him almost immediately and moved towards him.