Syed Mikail Ali

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Syed Mikail Ali

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An Absurd Honeymoon

An Absurd Honeymoon

12 mins
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“Hello! Juber?”

“Yes. Speaking.”

“Asalamo alaikum brother Juber. This is Aslam speaking”

“Walekum Salaam brother Aslam. Yes! What happened? How did you remember me so early in the morning? Have all guests gone? I enjoyed a lot in your sister’s marriage yesterday. It was great.”

“Just I received a call from my sister and she is crying a lot. She is calling us. Can you come with me? Actually my father and elder brother were very busy yesterday and slept late at night as you know just her marriage was over. Now they are sleeping soundly.”

“Yes I can come with you but what has happened to her. Is there any big problem? ”

“I don’t know. She is crying a lot. She is calling us. You please get ready fast. I am coming with my bike to your house. Be ready as soon as possible.”

“Ok, you come. I will be ready.”

After eight minutes Aslam comes with his bike to Juber’s house. They live in the same village. Yesterday Aslam’s sister was married and they enjoyed a lot at the marriage party. Aslam’s sister is married to a businessman who lives in a village 8 km away from this village. All family members had happily sent Sana (Aslam’s sister) and gave a glorious see off when she left her native village and her own home forever to start a new life with an unknown person. Sana left her home and entered into a new world – her husband’s home.

“What is the matter? Why is she crying? Did you ask her?”

“She is not saying anything. She called my brother, father, mother, and sister many times but they all are sleeping soundly as they are very tired. Yesterday they were very busy and slept the late at night. I saw three miscalls on my phone from Sana and I called her back and she started crying a lot like a child.”

“One day is not over in her in-laws’ house. Problem started! O, Allah! Please solve the problem. Allah, please give her patience and power to overcome all difficulties.”


Aslam rode the bike at a high speed and reached the house of his sister’s in-laws’. They're also the color and excitement of marriage party was not over. All were in a happy mood. Loud Hindi music can be heard. Aslam and Juber met Sana who was alone in her bedroom. The room was well decorated with flowers but the decoration was torn here and there as seemed that the bride and the groom had a fight. The bed was in a bad condition and pillows were thrown here and there. As Aslam comes near his sister he was shocked. The dress of her sister was torn here and there; marks of brutal slapping can be seen on her face. Marks of the stick were vividly seen on her hands. She was groaning in pain. She started sobbing.

“What had happened Sana?”

Only she was sobbing.

“Sana please tell us what has happened.”

She keeps sobbing.

She was threatened so badly that she was not able to express her pain. Aslam comes close to her and sits beside her and keeps his hand on her back.

“Aaahhh!” Sana groans in pain. Aslam can see many bright brown marks of stick on her back. Her hair was not arranged. Her torn bra was on the bed. Dry drops of blood can be seen on her legs and on the bed. Scratching wounds can be seen on her arms and throat. With great pain and difficulty, she lifts her cloth and showed her right thigh. It was totally brown – it was brutally beaten. On the thigh also he can see the dry drops of blood. Tears come from Aslam’s eyes and he also starts crying –

“Why did he beat you like an animal?”

“He is an animal,” Sana says sobbingly.

“Please take me to the hospital.”

“First let’s talk to father.”

“Father! He has married me to an animal. He does not receive my call in need. You all are animals. You all men are animal!”

‘Sana please keep quiet. People will come to know the matter. It will be a big prestige issue for our family. Please have the patience for the sake of Allah. I will take you to the hospital. First, let me talk to father”

Juber comes near who was also watching all these things and says -

“Really your brother-in-law is an animal. You must report the matter to the police. It is a case of marital rape. It is a crime. He must be punished.”

“In marriage, there is no rape. Sana must compromise. She must not say no to her husband. She has no right to say no.” Angrily replied Aslam to Juber.

“Sana, nobody heard your scream at night?” – asks Juber to Sana.

“All were busy with music and dance the whole night. Loud Bollywood Hindi music was going on and odd dance was in progress. They were all enjoying our marriage reception party. I was crying a lot – groaning in unbearable pain – screaming, but it was heard by none. Nobody came to rescue me. My so-called husband cannot feel my pain – I cannot hear my scream. Instead, he tortures a lot. He beats me brutally like an animal. He is a very cruel and heartless man. Whether I am physically fine or not that does not matter to him – only my flesh matters. I don’t know how you chose him for me.”

Sana sobs in pain and her wet eyes wanted to tell many things but who will listen to her. Aslam informed the matter to his father. Aslam goes to meet his brother-in-law who was having breakfast with his friends and was in a jolly mood as they were having a lot of fun.

“Oh, Brother Aslam! When did you come?”

“Asalamo alaikum brother. I came fifteen minutes before. I want to talk to you alone. Please come.”

“Here all are my close friends – no need to hesitate to say anything or keep anything secret. You can tell me now.”

“I want to take Sana to hospital. She is not feeling well. It is urgent.”

“Brother Aslam you know well that all women experience that first night pain. I don’t think it is necessary to take her to the hospital. It is natural pain. She will be fine after sometimes. Don’t worry. I will take care of her.”

“No, she is not fine. I think she must be taken to the hospital. She is groaning in pain. She is having a high fever also.”

“Will you teach me? She is my wife. I am her husband. You don’t have any right to take any decision regarding her. She is mine now. Whether she has to be taken to hospital or not I will decide. Whatever I deem fit I will do only.”

“Why did you beat her so brutally brother?”


“I told you that she is now my wife. What I will do with her that I will decide. You don’t poke your nose in our husband-wife matter. I can do anything with her because she is mine. I will beat her more if she says no again tonight.”

“But brother you need to understand her problem also. She is having some problems.”

“If she has any problems then keep her at your home. Did you understand?”

“Please brother try to understand the matter. Don’t be so cruel. It is your responsibility to protect her and to take care of her.”

“That I am doing well. You better keep your mouth shut now.”

Aslam family members arrive. All are surprised. The matter was going to turn to be more grave. Aslam’s brother-in-law becomes very angry when he sees his wife’s family members coming to his house unexpectedly and shouts -

“She has called her family without my permission. I will teach her a lesson now in front of her parents and brothers. How did she dare to call them in my home without my permission?”

The newly married groom goes to beat the wounded bride again but is stopped by his family and friends. He starts abusing her. Sana’s mother and sister go to Sana and talk to her.

Sana’s father comes and asked her mother –

“What has happened?”

“Last night she was beaten brutally by our son-in-law.”

“Beaten brutally by our son-in-law! But why?”

Sana’s mother whispers at her father’s ears -

“Sana’s menstruation started yesterday evening. Whenever her period starts she becomes very ill because of heavy pain. She was having severe pain in her lower abdomen and fever also. She was not physically fit. Last night was her first night with her husband. She refused. So our son-in-law became very angry and beat her.”

“Not only beat her brutally but also raped her.” – said Sana’s sister angrily.

Father remained silent for a moment and slapped Sana’s Mom very badly in front of her children and said –

“You are a careless and useless woman! You don’t know the dates of your daughter. When the marriage date was fixed I asked you. You did not tell anything at that time. It is only your fault. Due to your fault, Sana is suffering.”

All become silent. Before this, we could hear the loud noise of the Hindi Bollywood song and children were shouting and dancing. Now everything is stopped. Sana’s father goes to his son-in-law and says –

“Dear son-in-law it is our mistake. I apologize for the mistake. Please allow us to take her to the hospital. Please forgive Sana.”

“It’s ok. You can take her to the hospital.”

They took Sana to the hospital. The lady doctor who was treating Sana says to Sana’s elder brother –

“She has received serious injury. She needs to be admitted for treatment. I cannot permit her to go home after treatment keeping in mind her health condition.”

“Ok. Admit her. But try to release her as soon as possible.”


“How did this happen to her?” – the lady doctor asks the elder brother.

“Nothing serious has happened. It is a case of domestic violence between husband and wife. It is not a big matter.” - replies to the brother.

“But she has received serious injuries. She is brutally beaten and raped during her period. She cannot sit or sleep properly because of pain. She is having a high fever. She is breathing with difficulties. She is groaning in pain.”

“You please treat her properly and cure her as soon as possible.” – the brother replied to the doctor harshly.

“But this is a crime – a great crime.” – says the doctor.

Sana’s father comes. The lady doctor says the same thing to him but he also gives the same reply -

“We know it is a big crime. But we are helpless. We have spent a lot of money for her marriage – around Rs 2000000 (twenty lakhs). We have no option other than compromising. We cannot do anything. We cannot take any action against our son-in-law. It is a minor family problem – we will solve it.” – says Sana’s father to the doctor casually.

“It is marital rape. It is a crime. You better take a legal step now or else your daughter will suffer the same problem whole life. If you keep quiet now, your son-in-law will never mind doing the same crime, again and again, making her life a hell.” – says the doctor.

“Doctor we can understand everything but we cannot do anything. Try to understand the matter. We must save the marriage at any cost. I have spent a lot of money for her marriage.” – says the father.

As the nurse was treating Sana inside the chamber, Sana makes a lot of groaning painful sound – full of deep pain and agony. Suddenly she shouts at her brother and father –

“With whom have you married me? With an animal! You have thrown me to a wild animal who cannot understand my problem. He brutally uses my flesh to satisfy his thirst. My physical condition doesn’t matter to him. What type of man have you chosen for me?”

The elder brother goes and slaps Sana – “Keep quiet. You must not say no to him. He is your husband. He has full right over you. If you had not refused, this problem would never have happened.”

Sana sobs – “You all men are animals – wild animals.”

The doctor shouts at the elder brother.

“You seemed to be a Muslim. I am a non-Muslim but I read the Noble Quran. I practice many noble things of Islam practically in my life and they can make our life and society much better and it can bring peace in family and society and in fact it can bring peace to the whole world. In the Quran, Allah has strictly forbidden man to approach a woman during her periods. What kind of Muslim you are! You all are Muslim for namesake. Don’t claim yourself to be Muslim while you cannot follow its noble practical things.” – says the doctor.

“Excuse me madam. Don’t teach me Quran. I know it very well. You please mind your business. You please do your duty. Please stop lecturing at us.” – says the brother angrily and leaves the doctor’s chamber.

“I apologize doctor for the misbehavior of my son. It is not his fault – it is my fault. I was very busy with my business and did not care for my children’s proper education. Though I sent him to good schools to make him a modern man but never care to teach him Quran or other Islamic aspects. Maybe the same is the case with my son-in-law. To make him a modern man, his parents may have forgotten to teach him Quran and Islam like me.” 

“Papa I was screaming in pain whole night nobody was there to hear my plight. Nobody was there to rescue me. All the family members were busy at a late-night party. They were enjoying loud music and odd dance. I became a registered and legalized victim. He has threatened me that he will beat me more if I refuse again tonight. Please don’t send me to that animal. Papa please save me from that animal.”

Sana sobs in pain…….

“It is my fault Sana. I did not choose a man for you who can love you and take care of you. I was blind and proud with my wealth. I selected a wealthy person without knowing his character and behavior. I only judged and selected him based on his wealth. Forgive me Sana…… forgive me…..” 


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