Sincerity of Love JONATHAN
32. Robert wants to be slaughtered
"A pervert, eh! Later, people have guests." Syifa did not care about Joe, she immediately stepped out of her room.
"Who the hell is coming? Disturb people who want to make love. Though 'the Syifanya mumpung nurut earlier." Joe grumbled in annoyance while putting his clothes back on, then stepped towards the window and opened the curtains.
Seen in the courtyard of the house, there were three boys of the same age as Robert who wore cocoa clothes. He was standing there and Syifa came to him.
"Why are those three? Ah nyebelin anyway, failed again!" pissed Joe. He immediately stepped lethargic out of the room, then approached Syifa outside. "Those who, Yang? And what's up?" joe asked as he looked at the three boys standing in front of Syifa.
"This, he said there was a memorization of Yasin's letter. But Abi himself did not teach njai," replied Syifa while turning to her husband.
"What does that mean? I don't understand?" Joe's eyebrows look linked. He looked confused by what Syifa said.
"So Abi was teaching the children every afternoon or evening at the mosque. But lately because it was busy accompanying me in the hospital .. So Abi never taught. Though the words of the children .. memorization of Yasinnya letter today," Syifa explained at length.
"Oh, just say Abinya's gone. There is no Abi anymore, Yang." Joe approached and grabbed Syifa's right hand, then grabbed it while whispering, "Continue doing that, okay?"
Syifa. But he had not yet responded, suddenly two men came over.
"Assalamualaikum Syifa, Mr. Joe."
Syifa and Joe immediately turned to the source of the voice and it made Joe sigh, because seeing the people who came were Mr. RT and Ustad Yunus.
There is no real problem, only that means, the activity could not be continued.
'The three leaks have not come home from here, there are still Pak RT and Ustad Yunus who came. Bener-ner this is .. address failed again. Though, right, the moment is right. The Robert also mumpung again play, Joe grumbled in his heart and immediately he remembered the words of Abi Hamdan who advised him to have fun. It's sad now, because his advice didn't work out. 'Abi ..me and Syifa failed to have fun. When will Syifa and I get laid if this is the story? My wand is rusty.'
"Greetings Walaikum" replied Syifa then commenting on a smile. "Mr and Ustad what are you going to do here? Please sit down." Syifa offered, pointing at the empty seats in her house.
"Where is your Abu, Fa?" ask Mr. RT, then step towards the plastic chair and sit there. Ustad Jonah sat beside him. "Father and Ustad Yunus want to talk about sacrifice, we will soon want Eid al-Adha" he added later.
Abi Hamdan became one of the sacrificial committee every year, and that is the reason Mr. RT and Ustad Jonah come to see him now.
"Sir Joe will already be a Muslim, so you can also sacrifice, especially the Father who is able to," said Ustad Yunus when he saw Joe approaching him.
Syifa talked to the children for a while, apologized and told him to go home because Abi could not teach.
"Sacrificing?" Joe's forehead looked cringing. He did not seem to understand what Ustad Jonah meant. "Surviving how does that mean, Tad? Sacrificed love?"
"No, sir," said Mr. RT while chuckling. He found it funny "We slaughtered livestock on the day of Hajj, sir" he added later.
"What is Hajj day? And when?" joe asked confusedly.
"I mean, Eid al-Adha. Lebaran Eid al-Adha" explained Ustad Yunus. "Father must feel familiar with Eid al-Adha, right?"
"No." Joe shakes. "I just found out, there are two leaflets. What will we do again?"
"Can, if you really want to fast. But it is not obligatory fasting, sir," replied Ustad Jonah, then went back to explaining. "The name of the fast is Dzulhijjah. And done in the month of Dzulhijjah. The time of its implementation began from the 1st to 7th of Dzulhijjah. This worship is a practice that can be done from the beginning of the month of Dzulhijjah until before the Feast of Eid al-Adha."
"Oh ... When is the month of Dzulhijjahnya? I'm the same Robert wants to start the first fast as a Muslim, Tad," asked Joe.
"If it is not wrong, June 19 if in the government calendar, sir," replied Ustad Yunus.
"Yes, A?"
"Let's remind me of Robert on June 19th, huh, Yang?"
"Remember what?"
"The Fasting of Dzulhijjah, Yang. Robert and I will join Eid al-Adha as well."
"Oh." Syifa nodded her head, then smiled. "Aa calm down. Me, Abi and Umi often fast Dzulhijjah every year. So Aa and Robert can come along."
Joe smiled happily, then looked back at Ustad Jonah. "Oh yeah, Tad, can I ask you about the sacrifice?"
"Ask what, yes, sir?"
"Aa is sitting here" said Syifa, who had just walked out of the house with a plastic chair. Previously he had entered the house and deliberately wanted to take it for Joe to sit.
"Thank you, Yang." Joe took the thing. Then put it near Jonah's Ustad and sat there.
"Either. Wait a minute, yeah, A, I'll be back with coffee" said Syifa who went back inside the house.
"Coffee three, yes, Fa! You want to too!" pekik Pak RT's.
"Yes!" syifa cried out from within.
"The sacrifice was said to slaughter livestock, Tad, but we can also slaughter livestock not on the day of sacrifice as well. How does that mean?" joe asked curiously. This information was certainly a science, which he had to know.
"A yes, sir. But ... Why do we have to make sacrifices on the day of Eid al-Adha? Yes it is because on the day of Eid al-Adha is for the commemoration of the event of sacrifice, which is when Prophet Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Prophet Ishmael. This was done by him as a form of obedience to the commandments of Allah SWT," explained Ustad Jonah at length.
"Prophet Abraham sacrificed his son, Prophet Ishmael? For sacrifice?" Joe widened his eyes with a gaping mouth, he felt both shocked and shocked to hear it.
Which parent killed their child? Is it a prophet? That's what came to Joe's mind. But just to imagine it, it felt so horrible.
"Yes, and Prophet Abraham did it because he was so obedient to create it, sir," replied Ustad Jonah.
"Prophet Ishmael is the son of Abraham, right, Tad? Is it possible that his adopted son?" Yes, maybe if there is no blood relation—Joe can still accept that. Even though he himself still felt it was strange.
"A biological child, even he's his only child, sir."
Degh's!
Joe's heart was pounding, and his chest was throbbing. It hurts so much, hearing that.
"So according to Ustad .. do I also have to sacrifice Robert to be sacrificed? Robert I slaughtered on a hajj day?" ask Joe.
"What?? Robert wants to be slaughtered?!" A boy called when he just got out of a car. Both of his eyes were opened and he immediately touched his own neck. "Kok Daddy have a heart?! Daddy thinks Robert's an animal, wants to be slaughtered?" It was Robert, who had just arrived with Sandi who was still in the car.
...That's not the concept, Om Joe 🤣...