RICH MAN
THY STIPULATION

A twenty-five-year-old woman had just finished taking ablution water and was ready to read the Qur'an before going to bed. It's a routine he's been doing for the last few years.

Calming the heart is a way of getting closer to the creator.

Keeping the heart for years. Even if he never dated, he established his heart for someone who would be his life partner in the future.

After reading the Qur'an. Both her parents knocked on the door and Marwa opened the door allowing her parents to sit there.

They sit on the edge of the bed.

"Marwa, someone wants Papa to say,"

Marwa lowered her head and at that time the two opened her veil if together with her parents. "What do you want Papa to say? Not about a couple anymore, is it?"

The two just throw each other. "Marwa, Mama and Papa are here because they want to tell you that tomorrow night, precisely on Friday night there is a family of a young man who will come to ask you. In a sense, propose to you,"

"Papa?" he glanced at the Papa who looked serious at the time.

"Trust me that this one will be good for you, Marwa. Starting from educating you, and also he is a responsible man. Before talking like this, of course Papa has talked to their family first, about you and also about him who was told by Om himself. Believe that this time it's God's choice too, do you believe it?"

Marwa bit her lower lip. Why did her parents suddenly want her to get married? Is there no other way but to match him? He himself had never known about the man before.

"Maybe tomorrow that comes is his family. He himself did not come, but one thing Papa would ask you, can open the veil in front of them? They really want to see you. Marwa, they have the right to see you, do not let after marriage you just want to open the veil. You're beautiful, and Papa's hoping for it this time, baby,"

"Papa, is this the last man Papa's gonna invite home? If this is the last one, then Marwa is open and will open this for the first time to someone other than you two" he said slowly.

Both of his parents nodded. "This is the last one, God willing. Marwa if this is what God sent you, how happy the hearts of parents when they see their children so good, get a partner so good too. The thing that makes Papa agree is this is upbringing Om him. Even though he is educated, we never know whether it is good or not, it's just that Papa wants you to get a man in charge. Maybe you'll meet later when you get married" he explained.

"If it was Papa's choice, then Marwa accepted, Pa. What is the return of Marwa so far with Papa and Mama. This time what Papa wants Marwa to do," said the woman while breathing so that her chest is not crowded to hear the news that she will be proposed by a man she does not know at all though. Her parents chose it, even though she deserves to know. But this time he really wanted to refuse again, but it was not until when he continued to resist. And if it happens again. Maybe her parents will be angry.

"It's the same as you, don't worry, son. He's a hard worker, he's responsible. She never even dated like you,"

"Reynand, his full name Papa doesn't know. Maybe you'll find out by yourself,"

Marwa nodded slowly. A foreign man, even he himself has never seen his own future husband.

"Mama same Papa came out first, if there is anyone who wants to be asked about him. Please ask!"

Marwa shook her head slowly, she did not want to ask much. There was enough information she got from her parents.

Both of his parents say goodbye.

Marwa who held her chest while reading Istighfar. Somehow his heart felt very painful when he heard the news that his parents agreed with a proposal that had not yet happened. She also had no idea why her parents so easily believed that the man was the best for her. He never returned the kindness of his parents. Perhaps accepting the proposal is able to make both parents happy.

At midnight, he wakes up to pray in the third of the night.

Marwa raised her hand while praying and shed tears. He was so clueless with his parents that he took the decision without the prior approval of Marwa.

"Oh God if Mas Reynand is the best. Then reconcile the servant with your provision. The servant knows that what you sometimes ask is not what you give. This time the servant wishes to serve both parents, O Allah. If indeed she is the best, may she be able to guide the servant into a much better woman and make the afterlife her main goal. O Allah, the servant has no right to refuse if it is he whom you compare to the servant, the servant only asks that he whom you send be a companion for a lifetime,"

Marwa shed tears that never finished. When he was with others, he always told stories. But if it was like this now, he was an ordinary human being who was sometimes weak. As of now, she was crying for the first time while praying for someone she did not even know. Her chest just felt tight never met the man.

He rubbed his face as a prayer cover.

While waiting for dawn he chose to take a short nap and turn on the alarm on his phone. During hanging out anyway, Marwa tried not to be too with men. Her heart somehow felt so claustrophobic when there was a man trying to approach her. All she knew was that she had never dated. Perhaps he had never accepted a stranger into his life.

Marwa herself when hanging out is often ostracized by her friends. Because wearing a veil and that's what makes it often led by his college friends. Maybe if his high school friend understood what he was doing. Not with his former college friends. Therefore, he rarely had friends. I don't even have a friend who appreciates it. Sometimes when he goes somewhere, he is laughed at and said to be a ninja and so on. But Marwa is still Marwa who believes that all of that is a test in the hijrah.

Stabilize the heart to be owned by one man during his life. Trying to keep accepting even though it was initially a compulsion. This time he wanted to be very devoted to both of his parents to accept the proposal. Moreover, the goal is to get married. Marriage is one of the longest worship we have in our lives.