Kulthum ka abhi deyrh saal rehta tha. Usko to baar baar yehi poochna hota tha kay may Indonesia kab aaonga. Samjhaya abhi to job shroo ki hay, chor kay to nahi aa sakta na. Usay kaha sabr karay… bus phir woh beychain ho jati thi. Faisal ko MBA may partial scholarship aur stipend waghaira mil gaye to us nay kaha keh may apna kharcha utha sakta hoon, aur kaha kay jo paisay may us ko deta hoon, woh abu ko bhaij doon. Gul ki fees abhi bhi meray zimmay thi. Job ko taqreeban ek saal hua to qismat nay phir baazi palti. Jo sab kuch theek hota nazar aa raha tha, phir say tabahi ki taraf chal para.
9/11 ho gaya tha aur yahan muslim workers kay khilaf bahut reaction aa raha tha. Company walon nay mujhay job say related to kuch nahi kaha lekin ek saal complete honay kay baad mujhay apnay work visa ki extension karwani thi. Hamara center Boston tha. Middle of New York. Wahan to sab offices band thay aur woh taqreeban ek saal tak band rahay. Work permit time per nahi aaya aur Company walon ko majbooran mujhay job say nikalna para. Ab meray paas koi raasta na tha, bus work permit aata to kisi job kay liye dobara apply karta. Kashti phir ek majhdar may aa phansi thi. Phir kuch maheenon baad work permit aaya per us waqt canada may 9/11 ki wajah say bahut berozgari thi, job milna bahut mushkil tha. May nay bus choti moti jobs kar kay jo kar sakta tha kia. Gul ki univ almost complete ho chuki thi. Faisal nay MBA kar liya to us ka dil tha Madrassah may Alim ka course karnay ka. Dil to kehta tha us ko kahoon, job kar haath bata lekin phir may chup ho gaya jab us nay kaha, Allah raasta kholay ga aur jab us ka ilm hasil karoonga to barkat bhi to wohi day ga na. Hamaray montreal may ek jaanay walay thay, family ki taraf say nahi, but un uncle say masjid may ek mulaqat hui thi. Woh Montreal say tableegh jamaat may aai huay thay. Hamaray Imam sahib (jin kay saath hum sab bhaiyon ki bahut dosti thi) nay kaha kay woh apni beti ka rishta dhoond rahay hain aur may soch raha hoon Faisal munasib rahay ga. Ganga ulti nahi beh gayee… lol… Sab say chotay ki sab say pehlay shadi. Imam sahib nay kaha kay woh chahtay hain aap un kay ghar jayain taakay woh aapko mil bhi lain aur aap bhi larki dekh lo. Faisal nay socha, istikhara kia aur haami bhar li. Abu ko phone per bataya to abu ka mood off tha. Lekin Abu ko bhi ehsaas hua kay agar woh pakistan may shadi kartay hain us ki to kon karay ga shaadi kay saaray kaam. Abu ko to baat bhi nahi karni aati dhang say to rishtay dhoondna un kay bas ki baat nahi hay. Majbooran haan kar di. Faisal aur may bus per Montreal gaye, aur un kay ghar gaye. Bahut hi simple log thay aur usi din faisal aur us ki honay wali begum ki aapas may mulaqat karai. Shaam tak unhon nay bata diya kay larki razi hay aur nikah ki date set kar di. Yeh sab itna jaldi hua kay mujhay to kuch samajh nahi aaya. Per jab apni haalat dekhi to may nay yahi socha kay chalo Faisal ko bilkul bhi suffer nahi karna para. Saara kaam jaldi jaldi ho gaya. Maryam say shadi kay baad, Faisal South Africa chala gaya. Wahan kay ek maaroof madrassay may daakhla liya. Us kay baad woh wahan 12 saal raha aur Mufti ban kar wapas canada aaya. Sahi kaha tha us nay… Allah rasta kholay ga aur barkat daalay ga. Ab woh mashallah apni ek bahut bari organization Ilm Hub kay naam say chalata hay jis may aur bhi ulama us kay saath kaam kartay hain. Agar ammi zinda hoteen to Faisal say bahut khush hoteen. He really made all of us proud. Duniya ka ilm aur deen ka ilm barabar seekha us nay.
Ok lets go back… Faisal South Africa chala gaya aur may wapas Regina aa gaya. Gul nay Comp. Sci may graduate karnay kay baad, America may ek company may job kar li aur woh Pennsylvania chala gaya. Mujhay ab sukoon tha kay bhaiyon ko zindagi may ek direction mil gayee hay.
May nay thoray paisay jama kiye aur Pakistan chala gaya. Abu ko milna tha, Ammi ko milna tha. Bahut sabr kar kay baitha tha. Abu ko jab dekha to aankhon may aansu aa gaye. Bilkul kamzor ho chukay thay, daari rakh li thi, baal bhi sufaid ho gaye thay. Baat kartay kartay un kay ankhon may ansoo aa jaatay thay kiyounkay meray moon say baar baar ammi ki baat nikal jati thi. To bay ikhtiar woh keh uthtay thay dekh rahi ho gi ooper say to kitni khush hoti ho gi. Phir abu nay bataya kay Ammi kay faut honay kay baad, jab qarz walon nay abu ka jeena haram kar diya to abu say bilkul bardasht nahi hota tha. Abu nay Nursing Home aur kuch doosri properties baich kay ammi ka kuch karza chukaya. Abu nay un logon ka bhi bataya jin ka karza ammi per tha per ammi ki death suntay hi unhon nay apna qarza maaf kar diya. Hum nay ek list bana rakhi thi saaray qarzon ki. May Abu kay saath un sab logon kay paas gaya jin ko abhi qarzay denay thay. Un ko bataya kay Ammi ka qarza may doonga (halaankay meray paas koi job thori thi us waqt), lekin phir bhi un logon ko tasalli to deni thi.Phir may Ammi ko milnay gaya. Bahut sukoon say so rahi thi. Kafi dayr us say baatain karta raha. Ab us ko koi qarzay wala tang nahi karta ho ga. Meray dada kay saath kaisay araam say soyee hui thi. Pindi wapas aanay ko dil nahi karta tha per abu bahut udaas thay ammi ki qabr per to behtar yahi samjha kay abu ko wapas pindi lay jaoon. Ghar aai to abu ki bay ikhtiyar aah nikli. Sultana bahut yaad aati hay. Tayyar to may baitha tha, aur chali woh gayee.
Yeh baat sach hay kiyounkay Abu nay Army say retirement medical grounds per li thi. Doctors nay kaha tha kay un ka heart aur kidneys sahi function nahi kar rahay aur shayad woh ek saal say ziyada zinda na rahain. Ammi nay abu kay liye ek khas diet plan banaya tha jo woh aaj tak follow kartay hain. Ammi khud chali gayee per abu ko apni zindagi day gayee. Hum dono phir kai dafa baat kartay kartay kaheen khayalon may kho jaatay thay, woh bhi shayad ammi ka hi soch rahay hotay thay.
