Chapter 31

dake bin Ashraf (wanda yayi aure) ya hawo saman daga shi sai gajeren wando da riga. "Wai Maamah ki dawo ƙasar nan baki gaya mana ba. Sai da na shigo wajen 12 maigadi yake ce min ai kin dawo." Ya faɗa yana ƙarasowa kusa da ita ya zauna, kuma sai a lokacin idonsa ya kai kan Rukayya dake kuka. "Me ya faru?" Yayi tambayar ga dukkansu biyu. Hajiya Nafisa ta nisa sannan ta bashi amsa. "Hamida ce ba'a gani ba, ita da mai kula da ita." "What? Ta yaya? Tun yaushe?" "Itama bata gidan ai, sai da na dawo tukunna." Ransa a ɓace yace. "Me nake gaya mata a gidan nan Maamah, don me zata dauko wata ƙedara wai ita zata dinga kula da ƴarta, wai don ta iya turanci? Turancin banza su Hausawan ba su iya turancin bane?" Hajiya Nafisa ta girgiza kanta. "Ajiye wannan zancen Ahmad tunda komai ya faru, yanzu nemanta ne a gabanmu. Ya za'ayi?" Kafin ya bada amsa, Ibrahim ya shigo riƙe da wayarsa a hannu yana faɗin. "Is it true yarinyar nan ta ɓata? Umar just called me now wai ya ganki a waje ɗazu kuna tambayar Hamida." Hajiya Nafisa ta gyaɗa kanta don ita yake kallo sanda ya shigo yana tambayar. "Ƴansanda ɗin dake gadi a bakin titi muka tambaya suka ce mana tun shekaranjiya Maryn ta fita da Hamidan kuma basu dawo ba." "Ya salam! This is bad, yanzu me ake ciki?" Tambayar tasa Ruƙayya sake fashewa da kuka. Ahmad yace. "Akwai wani abokin Ashraf da ya taɓa zuwa nan yace min ya san ita mai aikin, ban ɗauko wayata daga ɗaki ba, Ibrahim kira shi." Ya kalle shi. "Wa zan kira?" "Ashraf ɗin zaka kira kace ya baka number B-man." Wayar Hajiya Nafisa tayi kara a lokacin, ta kalli number dake kiran nata, mahaifinsu ne don lokacin da Rukayyan ta dawo tace bata san inda Maryn take ba shi ta kira ta gaya masa halin da ake ciki. Ta ɗauki kiran ta kara a kunnenta, gaya mata yake yi cewa yasa an turo da ƴan sanda gidan zasu zo su nemi bayanai don su kamo Maryn. Kuma bayan ta sauke wayar kallon Rukayyan ta cigaba da yi a lokacin Amir ɗan autansu ya shigo rike da kofin shayinsa ya zauna a gefenta yana bata hakuri. Gayawa zuciyarta take yi cewa ba zata sake kuskuren rasa ƴarta ba a karo na biyu, bata son Ma'ruf amma idan har yanzu shine zaɓin Ruƙayya, shi abinda zai daidaita rayuwarta, to zata hakura kawai ta karɓi wannan ƙaddarar, zata dawo mata da Ma'aruf cikin rayuwarta ko ta wace hanya. *** "Allah yayi miki albarka, Allah ya haskaka rayuwarki, Allah yasa ki zama haske a cikin gidan aurenki, Allah yayi riƙo da hannayenki wajen kyautata zaman ibadarki, Allah yasa ki zama sanyin idaniyar mijinki, Allah yasa masa tausayinki a zuciyarsa, Allah ya bashi ikon sauke nauyin duk wani hakkinki, Allah yasa ku zamewa junaku inuwar salama har a ranar alƙiyama, Allah ya sanya albarka a zuri'ar da zaku samu, Allah ya tashi rayukanku cikin rahamar ibadarku a lokacin da zaku koma gare shi..." Duk wannan addu'ar tana fitowa ne yayin da ruwa ke sauka akan Amina daga bakin wata dattijuwa ƴaruwar Amma mai suna Gwaggo Balkisa da suka zo daga Nijar a lokacin da gidansu Amina ya cika da ɗimbin jama'ar dake shaida Kamu ko kuma wankan amarya da a ƙa'idar zuri'arsu Amma ake yinshi kwanaki kafin ɗaurin aure, al'amarin da yazo musu babu shiri don kwatsam suka samu baƙoncin ƴanuwan Amman tun daga Nijar mutane har motoci biyu. "Bikin ƴarki ta fari guda kice ba sai mun zo ba Halima? Idan kince ku komai yazo muku cikin gaggawa an gaya miki mu yanzu muka fara tanadi ne? Har a aika da katinan ɗaurin aure amma ace wai iya maza ne kawai zasu taho? Yau ko Amina ba ƴarki ta sunna bace kina tunanin zamu ƙi halartar bikinta ko da kuwa tsakaninmu daku nisan bangon duniya ne? Amina tana tuna yadda Amman ta sunkuyar da kanta tana saurare kafin tayi musu bayanin yadda al'amarin auren yazo, kuma fahimtar al'amarin ya kawo cece-kuce a tsakaninsu, waɗanda suke tsofaffi a ciki basu ga aibin komai ba don sun yarda cewa dama uba ke da ikon bada ƴarsa budurwa zamani ne kawai ya canja komai, amma sauran suma sai tunaninsu ya zama irin na Amma cewar tasirin taimakon da Hajiya Kilishi ke yiwa Baba shi ya rufe idanunsa saboda auren bai kamata ba. Sai da aka kira Aminan ta tabbatar musu cewa ita ta amsa auren da bakinta sannan kowannensu yayi shiru. Ta faɗi hakan a lokacin da take kallon idanun Amma dake ɗauke da sauran labarin da bata ƙarasa musu ba, sauran labarin da ko ƴanuwan Baban basu sanshi ba, tana jin yadda zuciyarta ke bugu akai-akai cike da fatan kar nauyin kalaman su rinjayi zuciyar Amma a wannan lokacin, amma bata yi maganar ba, bata ce komai ba. Kuma hakan yana tuna mata da matsayinta na Ammar su, matar da tunda suka taso a rayuwarsu babu wata rana da zasu iya ɗorar da saɓanin cewa faɗa ya shiga tsakaninta da mahaifinsu, kuma ba wai ba'ayi ba, ta tabbata ana yi ma fiye da tarin wasu gidajen auren, kawai babu ƙofar da zasu gane ne. Ta tuna watarana da taji ta tana yiwa Aunty Safiyya nasiha bayan wani saɓani da ya shiga tsakaninta da mijinta. "Sirrin mijinki sirrinki ne Safiya, idan kika buɗe kamar kin tonawa kanki asiri ne, ko wa kika budewa littafin da wannan karatun zaiyi ta kallonki koda kuwa kin cigaba da zama ko kuma kin rabu dashi, mafitar matsaloli da yawa a hannunki suke, da wuya ake kaiwa gaɓar da wani ne zai iya magance miki damuwarki..." Zata lissafa Ammanta cikin manya-manyan jajirtattun mata a gidajensu, zata lissafa ta cikin irin mutanen da mata da yawa ya kamata su kalla suyi koyi dasu, don ita kanta babban makamin da take taƙama dashi na shirin tunakarar sabuwar rayuwar da zata yi, halayen Amman ne. Sai dai duk yadda ta kai ga dake zuciyarta, a wannan lokacin da Gwaggo Balkisa ke mata wannan addu'ar tana zuba ruwan ɗumi daga saman kanta, kuka take sosai, kuka mai nauyi, kuka mara sauti, kuka da zata iya cewa ya zarce na amare da yawa, don nata kalolin taraddain dake cikinsa basu da adadi, ba na barin gida ne kawai ba, bana shirin fuskantar wata sabuwar rayuwa bane, wataƙila idan tace na shirin mutuwa alhali tana numfashi ne, hakan zai iya fassara rabin abinda take ji. Tana sanye da wani farin saƙi dasu Gwaggon suka taho dashi, anyi mata ɗaurin ƙirji dashi kawai, yayin da gashinta mai laushi da yawa ke mannewa a fatar kanta da kuma wuyanta saboda ruwan dake bi ta cikinsa, tana zaune akan wani sabon turmi dasu Aunty Safiya suka siyo a cikin kayanta, yayin da sauran jama'ar bikin ke tsaitsaye zagaye da, gidan ya cika danƙam don har ƴan unguwa sun shishigo. Taga lokacin da Tanti ta shigo cikin masu zuba ruwan ta ɗebo nata itama tana kwara mata tare da nata addu'oin dake ƙara karya zuciyarta suna saka kukanta ƙaruwa. A lokacin ne kuma fuskar Ma'aruf ta haska Idanunta, ranar da ta fara ganinsa,