hardships and ease

a friend's wedding

in managing his family business samar didn't even realized that three months have passed since his arrival . 

As he made his way towards his office he got a call from unknown number , picking up his call he answered ," hello"

" Asalamalaikum samar where are you man ?,three months and you didn't even bothered to meet me "

samar recognised  the voice of ahmed  who used to be his best friend in school .Ahmed was a son of his father's friend and they were very close since childhood hearing Ahmed's voice after so long samar felt wave of nostalgia

" sorry man got busy, i know you are angry so lets meet this weekend anyways ,how can i help you ? " samar replied with  his mock buisiness like voice

" oh i know now you are big businessman, why will you have time for us old friends " Ahmed complained lightly

" anyways i have good news alhamdullilah i am getting married inshaAllah on 26 of this month"

"mabrook Ahmed ,so I am invited or you have not forgiven me yet " samar chuckled genuinely happy for his friend

"ofcourse you are, i have given invitation to your family but wanted to invite you personally and you have to come "

"inshallah i will" replied samar

after both friends converse for some time securing their plan of meeting on sunday

  As the tiring day ended samar was just going to bed after finishing his dinner when he heard his mother " you know Ahmed is getting married,and as now you are back, can i start searching for my daughter in law too"

" of course mom just because ahmed is getting married i am obliged to  get married too " samar replied with an amused smile

" stop joking samar ,i' m serious ,you are 27 ,you have to get married sooner or later ." said aneesa

" mom i am not against marriage just never thought about it but i guess you are right , i think i' m ready." said samar

Mashallah samar , you don't know how happy  you have made me !!". said aneesa excitedly

"you know samar your mother is probably going to look for every  available eligible girl in the city maybe we should put some warning in news channel imagine the breaking news " beware of desi mom who is on her rishta hunting mode"," said jabir poking fun at his wife

as both men laughed aneesa glared at them " make fun of me as much you want one day you are going to thank me "

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soon 26th arrived  the day of his friend's wedding .samar went early to meet Ahmed before his nikkah

" getting cold feet ahmed" samar joked to his friend

" nah ,you know i am too hot to get a cold feet ." said ahmed

"ever so modest my friend"said  samar sarcastically

"i am happy for you ahmed may Allah( s.w.t.)  bless your marriage."

"ameen and should i say you are next"said ahmed suppressing his laugh

"oh man how did you know ?"  samar groaned

"your mom called my mom for  her rishta hunting project . my mom told me so when am i hearing wedding bells?" replied ahmed

"don't know but lets get you married first then we will think about mines " said  samar

they both made their way to masjid for nikkah with some other relatives.After nikah a small dinner party was held at  nearby marriage hall for men and women separately

sara had no mood to go in the wedding but ahmed was like their family and she couldn't refuse Mom when she asked her to get ready for ahmed's marriage .

later in the women's section ,

" ma you have been staring at ruba , what is the matter?" asked sara

" sara , what do you think about ruba?"

"she is a nice girl , why?" asked sara

"don't  you think  she and samar will make a nice couple?"

"woh mom , samar? , couple ?did   samar decided to marry" exclaimed sara

" yes , he agreed, so what do you think she is your friend and she was in your school too" said Aneesa

"umm ma that  was like years ago i haven't talked to her since ages may be you  should ask rana aunty ."

honestly ruba was a nice girl , they were in same class in school but they were never close friends, sara didn't know why but  thought of ruba and samar as couple didn't seemed right to her.but seeing excitement on her mom's face sara  couldn't tell her that .

as her mom went to talk to rana  aunty who was ruba's relative she removed tiffin box from her bag in which she has brought anaya's food .after she finished  feeding anaya when she heard her mother calling her .she made her way towards her mom who was standing with rana aunty .she greeted her salam ,

"walaikumasalam dear how are you it must be so hard you come to your friend's wedding when Allah took away ...." rubina aunty trailed off knowingly not realising how much pain she was causing sara by reminding her of her grief .

sara wanted to snap at her but she composed herself and said " i am happy for ahmed and ayesha ,they make a great couple .may Allah bless their marriage"

with that she excused herself giving

anaya in her mother's hand she  rushed towards washroom .she had maintain her composure all through the function , ignoring the pitying looks people were giving her but now she couldn't take it she wasn't  even aware and tears were flowing through her eyes .she hated experiencing this much pain , she wasn't that  strong . washing her face she secured her hijab and asked Allah to give her strength , taking anaya from her mother , she said " i am not feeling well , can i go home  ? "

her mother sighted she  knew sara was upset , " ok , i will just call samar and tell him to drop you home"

"no its ok , i will take a cab"  sara protested

" don't be silly i am not sending you alone at this time " said aneesa

seeing there was no use of arguing as her mother was right,  so sara waited for her mother to call samar .After her mother called samar and told him to take her home ,she said

" go , samar is waiting for you outside"

ok , Allah hafiz " said sara hugging her mother

samar knew something was wrong with sara she seemed off, after she sat in the car samar asked " are you alright, is anaya fine?"

"yes i' m fine just headache " said sara not wanting to elaborate

samar knew she was not telling her something but he didn't press the matter. she looked so sad just like he had first seen her three months back .she was doing well , she was laughing more often now  she was finally moving on in her life but something at the wedding might had caused her pain he thought

Dropping sara and anaya  a home  , he went back at the wedding Praying to Allah  (s.w.t.)to ease her pain.

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