Someone on Twitter shared a precious exchange they had with an aged man and the story blew up. Keep reading to restore your faith that love is indeed not yet dead.
A Taraweeh Love Story
The person on Twitter definitely knows how to tell a story. Opening with a quote as profound and moving as that one had us hooked from the start. While sitting for Taraweeh, this guy noticed how an uncle besides him had brought two bottles along with him.
“Nibhaane waale nibha jaate hain, rafaqat mein bhi, judaai mein bhi”
This old man, probably in his 60s, was praying Taraweeh alongside me. What seemed little peculiar was that although he was alone, he had two water bottles with him. Simple water and flavored water.
— Usama Afzal Kamal (@usamaakamal) April 21, 2021
There was plain water and a bottle with Rooh Afza. What may seem like a normal preparation for choice turned out to be the basis of a love story of a lifetime.
What Was Peculiar About the Bottles?
Naturally, someone would assume the Rooh Afza is for when blood sugar levels decline or when one just needs a boost of energy. However, this aged man only drank from the plain water and kept the other bottle intact. This prompted our storyteller to speak to him after Taraweeh:
At first, I guessed maybe he had polydipsia (increased thirst). But as the Taraweeh progressed, I noticed that he only drank the simple water, and that too only scantly. While the other one just laid there in the shopping bag. I decided to talk to him after the Taraweeh prayer.
— Usama Afzal Kamal (@usamaakamal) April 21, 2021
Reading Taraweeh Together
Turns out, the Rooh Afza was the uncle’s wife’s (now departed) choice of drink. She passed away two years ago until which they used to read Taraweeh together. This would have been their 26th Taraweeh round as the “Taya ji” noted. Now he comes alone and also reads her share of Taraweeh.
However, what has left us emotional is how he is still in service to her. He, not only still makes the Rooh Afza bottle out of love for her memory but also trying to get more sawab to her. He, himself, says that he makes it to give to whoever is thirsty, so that his wife may be credited. If that’s not love, we don’t know what is!
“Assalam o Alaikum taya g”
“Wa Alaikum Salam beta”“Namaz ke doraan mein ne note kia keh aap aye akele hain aur pani waali bottlen 2 hain, koi aap ke saath tha?”
“(laughs) beta mein Taraweeh parhne apni biwi ke saath aata hota tha, toh yeh Rooh Afza woh laati thi.”
— Usama Afzal Kamal (@usamaakamal) April 21, 2021
“Abb aap akeley hain?”
“Haan, 2 saal pehle uska intiqaal hogya, yeh bottle mein le kar aata hoon, koi paani mangta hai toh uski bottle se deta hoon ke usse sawaab pohunche.”
“I’m so sorry taya g”
“Koi baat nahi beta. Woh hayaat hoti toh mere saath uski 26ween taraweeh hoti.
— Usama Afzal Kamal (@usamaakamal) April 21, 2021
This Story Has A Moral
The moral of the story is firstly to be kind to strangers. Lend a helping hand or a listening ear, we don’t know what baggage people are carrying with them. This man carries the loss of his wife on his shoulders each time he comes to Taraweeh, maybe this exchange lightened his heart a little.
Time, money and power. Spending these on the person we love explains how much Love is worth. The way he is spending all three on the person who is not with him tells how much he did when they were together. or maybe they are still together. In his heart. Forever.
22/04/2021
— Usama Afzal Kamal (@usamaakamal) April 21, 2021
The other lesson is to love our loved ones as strongly as we can. We may never know which moments with them may be our last. This is also something the pandemic has made us see the value of. Go out there and hug your parents, siblings, grandparents today!
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