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The day is finally here, where Ameera will be making the biggest sacrifice of her life. It's the day she has decided to give up on her dream of becoming a pediatrician in order to fulfill her parents desire. She will be fulfilling her duty as an obedient daughter so as to make her parents happy.

The atmosphere is quite breathtaking this morning. The chirping of birds sending praises to Allah swt lightens the atmosphere. The calm and wonderful morning is a site to admire.

Ameera slowly opens her windows allowing the cold breeze to hit her face. It's a habit of hers every time she makes wudu, she would open her windows whenever it's not winter just to relish in the fresh morning air.

Her face was wet after she made wudu (ablution). Ameera shudders as the cold air hits her in the face. The curtains remains down while her window was open as she wanted to feel the cold breeze against her exposed skin in an attempt to calm her racing heart.

As she stands up firm to pray her fajr prayer (prayer before dawn), Ameera watches from a distance as the curtains whisk around in every possible direction due to the heavy winds, while admiring the early morning atmosphere which is both peaceful and calm, free of corruption and pollution. The fire was quite clear outside, the fact that it's her last fajr as a daughter before she is about to take a big step in her life.

Her wedding day is finally here it! It continued to play on her mind causing her nerves to kick in, picking up it's pace as the seconds roll by. Tomorrow In Shaa Allah she will be performing with her husband she thought to herself.

Ohh gosh, the thought of becoming someone's other half sends a shiver done her spine. She cleared her mind while hurriedly spreading her prayer rug on the floor proceeding to pray her fajr Salah before sunrise greets her. As she positioned her self in a standing position towards the east she made her intentions with the best of sincerity and began her prayer by praising Allah swt "Allahu akbar! (Allah is the greatest!)" The calmness it brought upon her heart and the comfort it brought upon her soul was simply an amazing feeling she gets every time she stands to perform her daily salaah.

She went on with her Salah and simply concluded with a dua, the most favorite part about her prayer. Supplication is the part where she lays her heart out to her Almighty and thanks him countless times. She begins with surah al fatiha, darood and other supplications. Before concluding she begged Allah swt to bless her with the courage to stand firm in her decision in accepting her nikah. To grant her a spouse who would remind her of Her deen.

After concluding she got up and arranged her Quran holder, placing her favorite Quran turning to the pages where she left off. Ameera began to recite a few verses from where she had left off, completing the verses by sunrise. Ameera arranged her stuff into it's respective places.

"I'm ready for you!" Annie barged into her room along with her cousins who followed closely.

"Bride train is here!" They all chanted excitedly.

"Assalamu alaikum (May the peace and blessings of Allah swt aka God be upon you)," she greeted with a small smile.

"Walaikumsalaam," the girls replied simultaneously.

"Ready for what?" Ameera went on asking Annie pretending as if she didn't know that it is her big day, her wedding day.

"Ohh, don't give me that birdy. Sorry, I meant bridyyy!" Annie retorted, erupting in laughter alongside Sadia and Nafia.

"Hey! My cousin is not a bird, you are the one who chirps all day!" Sadiya exclaimed.

"Hey, I'm allowed to call her whatever I please because she is my best friend and she knows that I love her." Annie shot back.

"Haha! I'm her cousin, so boo."

"Girls, " Ameera warned.

"Meera darling we played along trying to get the place lil lit!"

"Please do not start a real fire because today is her wedding," Nafia declared.

"I'm sure you would be more than glad," they teased.

"Ya Allah, what are you girls saying???"

Laughing they responded, "we're joking."

"Someone is so eager to get married to Jameer." Annie, Sadia and Nafia continued the teasing.

"Ohh c'mon, stop right there. I'm hella scared of this whole wedding attention. If I faint, please get me some iced water and maybe a chocolate to calm my racing heart. Or lots of chocolates!" Ameera said grinning at the thought of chocolates.

"A typical chocoholic!" The girls commented. "Anyways, we planned a special breakfast for you, which we have been working on since 3 am. It's in the oven!"

"Really? You guys are the SWEETEST!!! What's it?" She excitedly asked.

"Chocolate eclairs and cream puffs paired with hot chocolate," responded the girls, equally as excited as Ameera.

"Omg! I love you guys so much!" Ameera peered.

Later that day!

Ameera was made to sit down infront of her dresser, already dressed in her beautiful heavy stoned, red lehenga awaiting her make up artist, who is yet to arrive.

"I swear I'm gonna gurge that witch's eyes out, if she doesn't arrive here anytime soon." Annie began going off like a siren, cursing under her breath.

"Relax Aneza, she called already informing us about her mishap, apologising and requesting that we bear with her. If she doesn't arrive here soon enough, it's okay. You can always do my makeup since you're a genius. By the way, I don't like a ton of makeup so you can replace her anytime."

"Aww I appreciate the fact that you chose me honey. But today is your big day honey, you need to look extra special, a professional certified MUA will handle it," replied Annie.

"I'm here!" Announced Asiya, the MUA, running towards Ameera. "I'm sorry," she apologised.

"You better be." Annie glared at her. As Asiya gulped and lowered her head.

"Annie!" I scolded.

"Sorry for the inconvenience caused," she apologised.

"It's okay dear, carry on." I nudged Annie to make her see reason. "Chill, no need to freak out."

"I'm sorry," Annie apologised.

"No problem," replied Ameera.

After waiting for half an hour, Asiya was finally done with her make up. Annie assisted with the scarf and red duppata as Ameera remained seated at her vanity. After she was done, with one last look into the mirror, her mom entered into the room.

"Awww! My baby looks amazing." With tears brimming at the corner of her eyes. "I'm gonna cry," Ameera thought. Her dad came in along with her brothers. They engulfed into a big family hug.

Aneza and the others exited the room to give the family some privacy. Right there, at that moment, Ameera wanted to comfort her parents who were crying and her brothers. But she, needed someone to comfort her too. It's the day she was dreading, the day she will no longer be living with her family. Rather, she will be joining another, to build her own. Tears were beginning to stain her make up clad face. Her mom wiped her tears and announced, "now don't make my princess spoil her makeup. She bit her tears back and deep down her throat sting from doing so.

The blaring of horns broke the family moment, as this was their cue to leave. The family left the room allowing Ameera, some time by herself. Right after they left Aneza, Sadiya and Nafia barged into the room. Upon noticing she was crying and having a moment with her family, Annie said, "alright princess, lemme take care of this." Annie carefully touched up Ameera's make up to leave a flawless look.

Later down.

The Khan's welcomed the baraat or wedding procession.
The mother in law of the groom welcomed her soon to be son in law. After she was done, the males welcomed him and his family into their premises. A basket of sweet meat was handed over to the bride's family. It is a custom followed before the commencement of the Nikkah ceremony.

The Imam began with the Nikkah by presenting two witnesses, along with the father of the bride. "Do you, Irfan Khan, father of Ameera Khan, give consent to the union of Miss Ameera Khan with Mas. Jameer Hack through this Nikkah ceremony, in the presence of the two witnesses?"

"I agree to give my daughter's hand in marriage to Mas. Jameer." Replied my father.

The Imam went on to ask Ameera. "Do you Ameera Khan, daughter of Irfan Khan accept Jameer Hack to be your husband with the mahr of $20,000 USD along with one diamond bracelet worth $5,000 USD?"

Ameera took this opportunity to close her eyes, taking a deep breath to tame her racing heart, before making this big sacrifice. A voice in her head kept replaying all the things she wanted after graduation, "remember the vacation you wanted with your best friend and brothers after your graduation?" Another told Meera, "You're doing this for your dad, nothing is more important than making your parents happy. Accept your Nikkah, this is where your life will begin.

"Qubool hai," I replied. He asked twice as she replied in the affirmative as her tears began flowing uncontrollably. This was a very emotional moment for her. Never did she picture her wedding would be right after she graduated. All of her dreams went down the drain. She let the tears flow this once, because it was an emotional moment. She is now married to Jameer which means her family will be different, so will her home. She will be no longer living with her family.

Ameera sat in her place, thinking of all the things she sacrificed for the happiness of her parents, while praying for a happy marriage.
Sh was engulfed into lots hugs and shower with lots of congratulations by her love ones.

The Imam went on to ask Jameer. "Do you Jameer Hack, son of Feroze Hack, give your consent to this union to Miss Ameera Khan, daughter of Irfan Khan?" Jameer responded, "Qubool Hai," thrice as was asked by the Imam.

In concluding the Nikkah ceremony, the Imam recited a few verses from the Holy Quran, thereby ending the ceremony with the wedding khutbah and closing dua.

Everyone began congratulating and offering best wishes to the  newlywed as the nikkah was done in the living room area for Ameera while the other half of the nikkah ceremony was done outdoor for jameer.

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