Dear readers, Utilise the benefits of ramdan instead of passing time by reading this book,my dear readers. Every deed is rewarded more than 70 folds. This book can wait but ramdan won't.

Read the note at the end.

On the authority of Sufyan bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

"I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam which I can ask of no one but you.' He (peace be upon him) said, 'Say "I believe in Allah" - and then be steadfast.'"

[Muslim]

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"So,what do you say?" Rafiya asked while doing the dishes.

"I would like to record her expression when I tell her about bhai." Safina said clapping her hands as she dwindled her legs sitting in the kitchen island.

"That would be amazing." Rafiya smiled brushing the stainless utensils.

Just then Rafiya's phone rang and Safina jumped down from the counter and walked towards the dining room to get the phone.

"Here." She said extending the phone.

Rafiya showed her hands full with soap bubbles, so Safina received the call and held it near Rafiya's ear.

"Hello?"

"Yes."

For some reason the whole house was eerily silent except for the sound of the water running from the tap.

Rafiya's expression changed from sober to miserable in a millennium of a second as the glass bowl slipped from her palm and she staggered back,her eyes filling with tears. She was looking blank.

"Aunty? What happened?" Safina steadied her holding her arms, noticing that Rafiya was swaying.

"Hello?" Safina called on the phone. But no one spoke and the line went dead.

"Aunty.." Safina called wiping the beads of sweat with her dupatta on Rafiya's face as tears started falling down uncontrollably.

"Ammi, What happened?" Rashiya'a asked, who had just gotten down after a long shower.

"Raheel.. raheel n..no no..
Ri.. hab --Rihab." Rafiya said in a muffled voice and hugged her daughter, wetting her shoulder with her hot tears.

Rashiya'a glanced at Safina asking what was wrong to which Safina mouthed that she didn't know.

"Aunty received a call from unknown number and .." Safina started but was interrupted by Rafiya.

"Mera Bacha, Rashiya'a." Rafiya finally burst out crying. "Call your Abbu. We have to go."

Rashiya'a and safina didn't know the matter but their eyes too were filled with tears seeing Rafiya in pain. Fiza had come out of her room after hearing her mothers cry.

"Ammi ammi.. what happened? Where is bhaiya?" Rashiya'a asked mentally praying du'a's.

"He.. met with an acc
acc-cident." Rafiya was in hysterics.

Rashiya'a felt the earth being pulled away from her feet.

"Ammi, who told you? It can't be. Bhai just left home an hour ago." Fiza cried

Rashiya'a dropped to the shiny marbled floor for she couldn't contain herself after hearing such a heart-breaking news.

"Rashi, call your Abbu." Safina said sitting next to her holding her arms,giving her support.
Her eyes blurred with tears seeing the mother- daughter's heart wrenching cries.

When they both didn't respond,Safina took Rafiya's phone and dailed Yunus's (Rihab's father's) number.

"Speak. .please," She said extending the phone towards Rashiya'a.

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"It's not minor injury, can't they see those thousand band-aids covering my son and, why is he unconscious?" Rafiya was in hysterics again,after seeing her son, who lay unconscious of his surroundings.

"Relax, Rafiya, he is under medication." Yunus said seeing his son's bruises covered with band aids.

Rafiya caressed her sons hair, her hands shivering.

When she heard that Rihab met an accident, all the devastating images of her son covered with blood made her lose her patience.

It was only a pure miracle that Rihab Yunus had suffered minor injuries and bruises.

And even that was really hard for his family to see.

"Ammi, lets wait,outside." Fiza said wiping her tears. It ached her heart to see her brother like this.

"Take care bhaiya." Rashiya said before they walked out of the room.

Adeel and Daniyal walked towards them enquiring about him.

"Alhamdulillah, he is okay, doctors said he will be up soon and we will get going. He just need rest for a few days."

"Alhamdulillah. We will see him." With that Adeel and Daniyal went inside the ER.

"How's he?" Safina who was standing a little afar asked when she saw Rashiya'a walking towards her.

"Alhamdulillah, it's not what we thought when we heard of the accident." Rashiya'a said.

"All thanks to Allah." Safina replied in relief.

"Thanks safi, for always being there for me." Rashiya'a said giving a gentle squeeze to safina's hand and she smiled back.

After a minutes Adeel and Daniyal walked out of the ER and informed them that Rihab was awake.

Rafiya and Yunus rushed in to see their son.

"Are you alright?" Yunus asked and Rihab nodded and gave a short smile. Rafiya was thanking Allah subhana wa ta'ala in gratitude, reciting duas.

"How many times have I scolded you to read dua before going out?" Rafiya scolded, her eyes welling up with tears for the hundredth time that day and Rihab couldn't help but blame himself for his mother's suffering for he knew this incident had reminded every single person in his family about him.

"Ammi.. its because of the du'a and faith in ALLAH subhana wa ta'ala that I haven't suffered major injuries or else..I would have gone by now.." He joked earning a smack from her mother.

"What? I remember those du'a's perfectly,
بِسْمِ اللهِ ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاّ بِاللهِ

(In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is neither might nor power except with Allah.)

Isn't it amazing?

Feeling protected by only reciting a few du'a's. Indeed it is a blessing from ALLAH subhana wa ta'ala.

There is a prescribed dua for every single thing and we UMMAH are truly blessed.

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It had been almost a week since the incident and Rihab's cuts and bruises were slowly healing. Though he had to take pain killers for the throbbing pain in his forehead.

His mother had taken his laptop and other files from his study for she knew it won't do him any good to work in this state. Though Rihab insisted many times that he was alright but mothers are mothers. Right?

He was simply lazing around that day and decided to check his mails.

After going through all the work related mails, he opened the spam ones. His eyebrows creased as he read that one particular mail that consist of only four words.

We will get you!

Though the sender's mail id didn't had any name except anonymous, Rihab had an inkling that who might be. He just prayed with all his heart that no member from his family sufferw because of him.

But he didn't know that some dua's take longer time to get accepted by the Almighty.

Was his family in danger?!
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Dedicated to arzook for winning the one shot competition of UNKNOWINGLY HIS. Check it out from my reading list.💜

Assalam alaikum.
How are y'all?

Sorry for the super late update. I 've been very busy lately, for good.

But I'm back now. And i need a small favor .

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This will help me overcome my humongous writers block.
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So how was the chapter?

I know there isn't any romantic scenes & that is to show that life is not always roses and scents. It has thorns too.

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