Road To Jannah

Chapter 2

"What are you thinking so deeply?" Hana questioned looking into her deep eyes.

"About the proposals." Rida answered casually.

"How long will you wait for him? You know ammi is shooting a right guy for you." She inquired being the elder one.

"Hmm. Years ago he said he will send a proposal when I finish my studies."

"He better be fast coz mom is running faster than a bullet in hunting."

"Hmm." she mumbled and collapsed on her appi's lap while unlocking her cell phone.

"How many angels will carry the throne of Allah Subhana Wa ta'ala on the day of judgement." Questioned the admin of whatsapp quiz group to which Rida typed her answer quickly to be the first of them. The first one to convey the right answer was given the title of Queen in return gift of her right answer.

"Rida when you go to your friends house today then please drop this packet to Ayesha." Hana gave her a small packet kept beside her to which Rida hummed as she was busy replying people on whatsapp.

Soon the clouds brought the glad tidings of rain and Rida couldn't stop her legs from sprinting towards her garden. She took a deep breath to smell the aroma of the mud, and the smell of the first rain is her favourite would be an Understatement. She was girl who was in love with nature, in love with every natural thing which Allah designed for the benefit of his slaves. She quickly raised her hand to ask duas from her lord in this pouring hour, for duas are likely to be accepted during rain.

Sahl ibn Sa‘d said that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Two (du‘aa’s) are not rejected: du‘aa’ at the time of the call to prayer and du‘aa’ at the time of rain.”
Narrated by al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak (2534); at-Tabaraani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabeer (5756); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami‘ (3078)

After the dua she paced in and out to expose her body parts to the blessed water sent down from the heaven by her Lord. It is mustahabb to expose oneself to the rain and let some of it flow over one’s body, because of the proven report from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: When we were with the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) it rained. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) lifted part of his garment so that the rain could fall on him. We said: O Messenger of Allah, why did you do that? He said: “Because it has just come from its Lord, may He be glorified and exalted.” Narrated by Muslim (898).

Some miles away, there was someone who was soaked in rain water before entering his sisters house.

"Assalamu alaikum guys." he greeted and Ayesha turned to find his brother all soaked in water.

"Mamu." khadija came running down with wet palm soaked with paint.
She was fond of painting and so every other day she would paint anywhere in the house out of her fondness ruining the walls of the house. Ahmad and Ayesha could have stopped her by saying 'no' to paint on walls but they chose a little different way. Saying 'no' to a child is easy but to allow them in a little different way isn't that tough too. Every child is born naughty and do stuffs which parents do not like but it is on the parents to handle them with grace. To initialize their power in the right place because every child hears the word 'no' and they are clueless what to do and what not to do. They think that if everything is forbidden then what are they even doing on earth? Since Khadija was fond of painting and she was still too small to make elegant drawings, Ahmad brought some paint colours to paint on walls choosing a side wall to paint on. They were painting their hands with colours and then printing them on the walls, every hand was of different size which made the wall look elegantly designed making Khadija one of the happiest child ever.