, wants, There was absolute silence for some seconds, then Zain summoned the courage to speak.
"my name is zain and this is my friend Abdullah,"
he paused a bit then continued,
"My friend here is in love with your eldest daughter hasiya, and the reason why we are here is to seek your permission, he wants to get to know her and to ask for her hand in marriage if she is not engaged to anyone".
The day zain called Firdaus to ask if they don't have any plans for Saturday,
so they can come on that day, that was when zain asked Firdaus her sister's name...
***
phone call
***
"asalam Alaikum, Firdaus, it's zain"
"Oh! Zain! walaikumu salam"
"hope you are fine? how did you get home that day?" zain inquired
"fine Allhamdullilah, hope you are fine too? and your friend?" Firdaus replied.
" that's good to know, we are both fine Allhamdullilah. wanted to know if your dad will be free on Saturday, that's the day we are coming to see him?"
"Okay, of course, he is free, I am going to inform him about your coming" fidaus assured him.
"Okay, thank you, Firdaus"
"you are welcome," Firdaus said
"Another thing Firdaus, what is your sister's name? cuz' we don't even know her name,
he chucked and also does she know about Abdullah and that he is coming to ask for her hand in marriage?
zain said, thinking if the question was a bit absurd,
but Abdullah was right, he needed to know, 'he was the one who told zain to ask Firdaus the questions'
Firdaus sighed and said "her name is Hasiya and she knows about your friend, don't worry"
Okay, beautiful name, thank you Firdaus, and please extend Abdullah's greeting to Hasiya.
okay, I will, ma'asalam.
Ma'asalam, zain said and ended the call.
***
he noticed how Dr. Bello was listening carefully and also a slight difference in his all happy face,
'why did his mood change'? zain thought
Dr. Bello said, "your friend spoke on your behalf, Abdullah,
is it true what he had said, you love my daughter hasiya and you are here because of the reason he stated?
I need to hear it from you, Dr. Bello concluded.
"All that he said is true sir, I love hasiya your daughter, and I am here to ask for you permission to get to know her and ask for her hand in marriage, Abdullah said all that thinking where the words were coming from
'from your heart, Abdullah' something in his head said to him.
Dr. Bello smiled with one side of his lips, he sighed heavily and bombarded him with his question,
"how do you know her,? where did you meet her,? and have you told her about your feelings?"
I knew her when she drops off Firdaus at school and that's where I met her but we have never talked so I haven't told her how I feel about her" Abdullah said surprised at how bold he was answering the questions.
Dr. Bello then said, "okay then, has Firdaus told you anything about her?"
"No, she hasn't" this time Abdullah's heart started beating very fast, 'what hasn't firdaus told them'
'I hope is not something bad' zain thought.
Dr. Bello smiled and thought in his head 'your words are worth believing, in your eyes there's sincerity, but I doubt if you won't take back all that you said' i doubt if you will love Hasiya for who she is,
Ya Allah bring to my poor daughter 'Hasiya' a man that will love her for who she is' he prayed and wipe out the tear that's starting to form in his eyes and said,
"I will allow you to get to know her because I see the sincerity in your eyes, Abdullah,
Hasiya is so dear to me, she has faced a lot of challenges in life and she is just getting herself back,
so I am giving you just one chance, I hope you use it wisely"
Both Abdullah and zain don't understand what the man was trying to say as if he knew what they were thinking he said
"Don't worry you will understand soon all that I have said, but for now you can go,
we will keep in touch,
I have permitted you to see her till you get to understand each other as you have requested, we will see what happens afterward.
"Okay, thank you, sir," they both said they stood up and said "ma'asalam sir,"
"ma'asalam," he said too and stand up to escort them outside the gate.
they left, with lots of questions filled in their head, but they had hope that they will find answers soon.