Komai Nisan Dare Book One Complete Hausa Novel
Komai Nisan Dare Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues the painful journey of A’isha and Inna, two lonely souls living under poverty, rejection, sickness, and the cruelty of people who judge them without mercy.
In this English translation, Inna rejects a dangerous offer from Hajiya Kareema, A’isha’s illness grows worse, and the village’s hatred reaches a painful height when A’isha suddenly loses her sight. What began as fever becomes a new trial, and the woman who has endured silently for years is finally forced to leave the only shelter she has known.
Inna Rejects Hajiya Kareema’s Offer
Inna opened her mouth slightly and stared at Hajiya Kareema with a look of disbelief. For a moment, she looked like someone whose mind had been struck by shock.
After gathering herself, she spoke carefully.
“I do not understand, Hajiya. You want me to give you my only daughter so you can take her to Saudi Arabia? I do not know you. I have never seen you before. I do not even know where you truly come from.”
Hajiya Kareema smiled as if Inna’s fear was unnecessary.
“It is not as if you will just hand her over to me without anything. Everything will be written down. There will be witnesses, signatures, and proper official involvement. My own children also live in this town. I will take you to where they are so you can see them. That way, you cannot say I am running away with your daughter.”
Inna’s face hardened.
“But A’isha is still young. What kind of money can a child like her go and make?”
Hajiya Kareema answered quickly:
“Business, of course. There are many kinds of work and trade in Saudi Arabia. People make money there.”
Inna gave a bitter smile.
“But when you were speaking, I heard you say that because of A’isha’s beauty, she would be useful there. What kind of business depends on a person’s beauty or body?”
Hajiya Kareema twisted her mouth slightly.
“No, that is not what I meant. In everything in this world, people prefer beautiful things. Even if she is selling something, people may buy from her first before buying from someone who is not attractive. That is all I meant. Nothing more.”
Inna smiled again, but this time the smile was full of suspicion and pain.
“Haba, Hajiya. I am not a baby being carried on someone’s back. I was not born today. Do not look at me living in a village and think I do not understand the world. I know very well the kinds of things some people do when they take girls away under the name of work.”
Hajiya Kareema frowned.
“Old woman, do not give my words another meaning. I only came with an opportunity for you.”
Inna’s face became serious.
“Thank you, but I cannot accept it. I have only one daughter in this world. How can I send her to another country to work under someone I do not know? I cannot do it.”
Trusting Allah Alone
Hajiya Kareema stared at her with a sharp look.
“I came to help you. I came to remove you from this poverty and hardship.”
Inna replied firmly:
“Allah is the One who will remove me from hardship. I did not say I was looking for help from anyone except my Lord.”
Hajiya Kareema stood up and picked up her bag.
“They told me that a dog does not inherit wealth, but I insisted on coming because I wanted to help. I see now that I wasted my time.”
Inna did not answer.
Hajiya Kareema wore her shoes, then brought out a small card from her bag and placed it in front of Inna.
“Here. If you think about it later and become interested in what I came to offer, call me. My number is on the card.”
After saying this, she turned and left the compound.
Inna watched her go with amazement. The whole matter surprised her greatly.
She kept asking herself why, despite the relationship and respect between her and Ramatu, Hajiya Kareema had not asked for Ramatu’s children. Why was it A’isha she wanted?
Of course, Inna did not know whether Hajiya Kareema had plans for other children too, but something inside her heart rejected the woman completely.
Without touching the card, Inna stood and entered the room.
She went to A’isha and touched her forehead to check her temperature. A’isha was still sleeping.
Inna spoke aloud with pain in her voice.
“A girl who is not more than twelve years old, and someone is thinking of taking her to Saudi Arabia for work?”
She hissed quietly and shook her head.
To Inna, it was nothing but foolishness and danger.
A’isha’s Illness Grows Worse
Throughout that day, A’isha remained lying down in sickness. She refused to eat anything.
Innar Ma’u even prepared bean dumplings for her and brought them, knowing A’isha loved them, but the girl could not eat.
Inna bought paracetamol and pain medicine for her. Even those were difficult for A’isha to swallow, and Inna had to struggle before she finally took them.
Inna became deeply worried as she watched A’isha’s condition. She had no money to take her to a chemist for proper treatment or injection.
What began like a small illness dragged on. A’isha spent three full days lying down, and though they kept thanking Allah, her condition only improved a little from one day to the next.
The people in the compound did not show sympathy. Instead, they whispered insults and threw painful words at Inna.
Some of them said that perhaps she had taken someone’s child and the matter had now returned upon her.
Inna did not answer them. She did not even look in their direction.
Innar Ma’u Advises Inna
On Sunday morning, Inna sat in the compound. She had spread a mat and laid A’isha on it. She was wiping the girl’s body with a wet cloth because her body was very hot.
Innar Ma’u entered their section with a greeting.
Inna answered warmly.
“Welcome. Thank you for coming.”
Innar Ma’u sat beside the mat and looked at A’isha with sadness. The illness had already made the girl lose weight.
“Sorry, A’isha. How is your body now?”
Inna answered:
“It is better, Alhamdulillah. But yesterday we did not sleep. She kept complaining that her head was hurting badly.”
Innar Ma’u said:
“May Allah increase the relief. But you should take her to Isma’il’s chemist later so he can check her. It may be malaria.”
Inna replied:
“I do not think it is malaria, Ladidi. You know this town does not really have mosquitoes.”
Innar Ma’u nodded.
“That is true, but still, take her so they can check.”
Inna sighed.
“I was thinking of going early tomorrow morning to gather some leaves and make herbal steam for her. Maybe Allah will make it useful.”
Innar Ma’u said:
“Try it. May Allah grant her health.”
“Ameen,” Inna answered.
Poverty Delays Treatment
The next day, Inna did as she had planned. She gathered leaves and prepared a herbal steam treatment for A’isha.
It was not that she did not want to take A’isha to the chemist. The problem was the money she would have to pay.
Since A’isha fell sick, Inna had been borrowing small amounts from Innar Ma’u to buy whatever they needed. Innar Ma’u sold small goods, and her younger brother who lived in Kano often sent her money.
Even after the herbal treatment, A’isha’s condition did not really change.
At last, Inna borrowed five hundred naira, though she did not want to, and took A’isha to the chemist. They gave her injections for two days. After that, her body began to improve a little, and she could speak better than before.
But the illness had not truly left.
A’isha’s Headache Becomes Worse
On Friday evening, close to Maghrib, Ma’u entered their section after greeting Inna. She went into the room where A’isha was lying.
“Sorry, Indo,” Ma’u said, sitting beside her.
A’isha only nodded because her head was hurting terribly.
Ma’u said:
“We just met your person, Dan-Juma. He asked where you were because he had not seen you for days.”
Despite her illness, A’isha hissed.
Ma’u smiled.
“I told him you were sick. He said I should greet you and say sorry. He said he did not know, otherwise he would have come to check on you.”
With a weak sick voice, A’isha said:
“Please, Ma’u, stop talking to me about Dan-Juma. Wallahi, you are increasing my sickness.”
Ma’u said:
“Fine, I have stopped. May Allah heal you.”
After Ma’u left, A’isha’s headache became worse. She lay alone in the room, turning her head from side to side in pain.
Inna had performed ablution for Maghrib and entered the room to pray when she found A’isha in that condition.
She rushed to her.
“Subhanallah. A’isha, what is wrong? Is it your body?”
A’isha’s voice was barely coming out.
“Inna, my head feels like it will split into two. Please take me to the hospital and let them remove it.”
Inna became confused and afraid.
“Subhanallah, A’isha. Is it hunger because you cannot eat? Let me pray first, then we will see what to do.”
With difficulty, Inna prayed. As soon as she finished, she went to Innar Ma’u’s section to borrow money again.
Even though her debt had already reached two thousand five hundred naira, she had no choice. The way A’isha was turning in pain and holding her head had frightened her badly.
She decided it would be better to take her to the hospital and have her properly examined.
Inna Borrows Again
Innar Ma’u had just finished praying when Inna entered her section.
From the sound of Inna’s greeting, Innar Ma’u knew something was wrong.
After giving her a place to sit, she asked:
“Innar A’isha, is everything okay?”
Inna released a breath and spoke weakly.
“It is A’isha’s body again, Ladidi. For some days now, she has been complaining that her head hurts badly.”
Innar Ma’u was surprised.
“Subhanallah. Headache again? I thought her body had improved.”
Inna said:
“Her body improved, but this headache remains.”
Innar Ma’u said:
“Honestly, Asabe, you should take this girl to the hospital so they can examine her properly. Or take her to one of our traditional healers.”
Inna replied:
“That is why I came. I have decided to take her to Rano hospital tomorrow morning.”
Innar Ma’u nodded.
“That is necessary. This illness has refused to go. The girl has been lying down for more than a week.”
Inna’s voice became heavy.
“I do not know why my heart refuses to settle over this sickness. Even though she has not been lying down for too long, my heart keeps shaking.”
Innar Ma’u tried to calm her.
“Haba, Asabe. Nothing serious will happen, in sha Allah. She will get well. It is just fever, the kind people suffer sometimes.”
Inna sighed.
“May Allah make it so. But please, Innar Ma’u, do not get tired of me. I need to borrow money again if you have it. When Allah heals her, I will look for work and repay you.”
With pity, Innar Ma’u said:
“There is no problem. I know you do not have it, Asabe. Yesterday, Muntari sent me some money. When Ma’u returns from the market, she will go and withdraw it, and I will give it to you for the hospital. He sent three thousand naira for Ma’u to buy nice shoes.”
Inna felt guilty.
“Will I take Asma’u’s shoe money?”
Innar Ma’u replied:
“What is wrong with that? Sickness and treatment come before shoes. She already has something to wear. If you cannot pay back quickly, when someone pays me what they owe me, I will buy the shoes for her.”
Inna thanked her with deep emotion and prayed for her.
Before she could finish speaking, she heard A’isha calling her from their section.
A’isha Loses Her Sight
Inna stood quickly and returned to their side. Innar Ma’u followed behind her.
They found A’isha in the compound, touching the wall and trying to find her way.
Inna quickly held her.
“I am here, A’isha. What happened?”
A’isha said:
“Inna, I need to urinate. I came out to go to the toilet, but I cannot see anything.”
Inna froze.
“What do you mean you cannot see anything?”
A’isha answered:
“Wallahi, Inna, I only see darkness. Are my eyes closed?”
Inna became confused.
“Darkness? What kind of darkness? The moonlight is bright enough to see things, and your eyes are wide open.”
A’isha touched Inna’s hand and guided it to her eyes.
“Inna, I cannot see anything. I cannot even see you at all.”
Inna’s heart collapsed.
Testing A’isha’s Eyes
Innar Ma’u held A’isha’s hand. Seeing that Inna was about to lose control, she tried to calm her.
“Do not panic, Asabe. I think it may be fever confusion. You know serious fever can make a person speak strangely.”
Inna shook her head.
“No, Ladidi. Touch her body. It is not very hot. Her fever has reduced. This is not the kind of fever that makes someone speak nonsense.”
Innar Ma’u suggested:
“Maybe hunger is making her sight weak, and the evening is becoming dark.”
A’isha, who was listening, said:
“Innar Ma’u, it is not hunger. I cannot see. My eyes feel heavy.”
Inna cried out:
“Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. What kind of sickness is this? From fever to blindness? And the eyes look normal. They have not even changed color.”
Innar Ma’u took A’isha to her own section where there was solar light. The area was bright.
Inside the room, she asked:
“Can you see now?”
A’isha shook her head.
Innar Ma’u took a torch and shone it near A’isha’s eyes. Still, A’isha said she saw nothing.
Inna’s fear increased. She began crying, pulling A’isha close and examining the girl’s eyes as if she could find what had blocked her sight.
A’isha also began crying.
“Inna, take me so they can give me medicine. Let my eyes open so I can continue seeing you.”
Inna hugged her tightly.
“In sha Allah, your eyes will open, A’isha. You will continue seeing us.”
A’isha said:
“Then take me to urinate.”
Innar Ma’u, whose own heart was now troubled, gently took A’isha to the toilet because Inna was too shaken.
The Journey To The Healer
After A’isha returned, Innar Ma’u spoke to Inna gently.
“Be patient, Asabe. In sha Allah, it is not a serious problem. Let us go to Malam Ilyasu, the traditional healer, so he can look at her eyes. I have some small money that should be enough. Since Ma’u has not returned, we should not delay.”
Inna wiped her tears and agreed.
Malam Ilyasu’s house was far from them, so Innar Ma’u suggested asking Adamu, one of the boys in the compound, to take them on his motorcycle because it was market day and most transport riders had already left.
Inna remained silent, but she knew it would be difficult once Adamu heard who he was expected to carry.
They waited at the entrance. Soon Innar Ma’u returned with Adamu.
Inna was surprised that he even came.
But when Adamu saw Inna and A’isha, his face changed.
“Innar Ma’u, what is this? Am I taking this woman too?”
Innar Ma’u softened her voice.
“You will take her and A’isha. It is because of A’isha that I called you. She is sick and cannot walk far.”
Adamu frowned with disrespect.
“Wallahi, I will not carry these people on my motorcycle. Find someone else.”
Innar Ma’u pleaded with him, reminding him that helping others brings unexpected reward from Allah. She even offered to give him fuel money.
But he refused.
“Please forgive me. I am not going.”
He turned and left.
Inna wiped her tears.
“Let us go on foot, Ladidi.”
Innar Ma’u said:
“How can we go on foot? We may manage, but A’isha cannot.”
Inna replied:
“I will carry her on my back.”
Innar Ma’u tried to speak again, but Inna stopped her.
“Do not worry. I can do it. My only wish is that we reach the healer.”
A Mother’s Strength
Inna gently removed A’isha from where she was leaning against her. Then she bent down and told A’isha to climb on her back.
A’isha obeyed quietly.
Inna stood with difficulty and almost fell because A’isha had some weight.
Innar Ma’u said:
“Take it slowly.”
Even though Inna felt the weight in her bones, she endured it. She carried A’isha on her back until they reached the healer’s place.
By the time she put A’isha down, her back was aching badly, and she was breathing heavily.
At first, Malam Ilyasu said they should return in the morning because it was already late. But Innar Ma’u pleaded with him, explaining that they had come from far away and had walked on foot.
After Inna explained what happened, the healer prayed over A’isha’s eyes. He also gave them some medicine and instructed them to mix it with white eye powder and apply it to her eyes.
He said that if it was caused by unseen forces, her eyes would open by Allah’s permission. But if after three days there was no improvement despite using the medicine, they should take her to the hospital to have the eyes examined properly.
They thanked him and gave him what they could as charity.
On the way back, Inna again carried A’isha on her back.
She returned home dragging her feet because her back hurt badly. Even though Innar Ma’u offered to help carry A’isha, Inna refused because she felt it was already enough that Ladidi had followed them on foot.
Despite her tiredness, as soon as they got home, Inna began preparing the medicine. Her only desire was for Allah to open her daughter’s eyes.
A’isha’s Fear In The Dark
A’isha felt strange, as if she was no longer herself. Everything felt like a dream.
Wherever Inna moved, A’isha tried to stay close to her. She felt that if she sat alone, something terrible might happen to her because she could not see.
Every few minutes, she touched her eyes to confirm that they were still open. Sometimes she blinked repeatedly to see if they would start working again.
That night, Inna mixed the medicine with white eye powder and applied it to A’isha’s eyes while praying for success.
Not long afterward, A’isha slept after eating the food Innar Ma’u had brought.
But Inna did not sleep.
She placed A’isha in front of her and sat there with her hand under her chin, tears falling from her eyes. Later in the night, she stood with difficulty, performed ablution, and began praying voluntary prayers, begging Allah to restore her daughter’s sight.
The next morning, A’isha woke up still blind.
Inna bathed her, cared for her, and applied the medicine again, just as the healer had instructed: twice daily, morning and night.
The Women Mock Inna
Around nine in the morning, Inna was sitting in the compound. She had started dozing without realizing it when she heard voices around her.
She opened her eyes and saw Ramatu and some of the women in the compound.
Hansai clapped her hands and said mockingly:
“So this is what happened? Someone ate people’s eyes, and the matter returned to her own house? May Allah protect us and protect our children. This disaster of devouring people has now come back.”
The women laughed and continued throwing indirect insults at Inna.
Inna said nothing.
While they were still mocking her, an old woman entered slowly. As soon as she came in, she burst into tears.
“Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. What kind of disaster did Isuhu bring into our family? He died and left us with shame. A woman in this house has eaten someone’s eyes, and now the matter has returned to her own child. This is disgrace inside our lineage.”
She cried as if a close relative had died.
Then she continued:
“I warned that boy many times to divorce this cursed woman, but he refused. Because I was not the one who gave birth to him, he did not value my words, even though I am his father’s younger sister. Now the day I feared has come. Isuhu, you have hurt us. You have stained the name of a big family in this town.”
Innar Ma’u Defends Inna
Innar Ma’u had been hearing the insults from her side, but she did not come out until she heard the old woman’s voice.
She quickly covered herself with her veil and entered A’isha’s section.
She had heard every word the old woman said.
As soon as she arrived, she said:
“Haba, Iya. Why are you people doing this? What happened to A’isha is from Allah. It is sickness. But…”
Iya cut her off angrily.
“Ladidi, I do not like interference in my matters, and you know it. Since your own soul has already been captured, of course you will never see what this woman is doing. Keep quiet before I insult you in this house.”
Innar Ma’u lowered her voice.
“May Allah give you patience, Iya. But please, leave her alone to deal with what is already troubling her.”
Ramatu quickly added fuel to the fire.
“Ah, Ladidi, you have become bold enough to answer Iya because of this found cat?”
Iya said:
“Leave her, Ramatu. She has insulted me before. But for now, I am not concerned with her.”
Then she turned to Inna.
Inna Is Sent Away
Iya looked at Inna and spoke with authority.
“By Allah, today you must leave this house. Even if you will wander around the town, you must go. Whoever has been supporting you to remain here, I will deal with him today. Whatever will happen should happen, but today you must leave.
You will not ruin us and paint our family black. Since you have now started eating people’s eyes, tomorrow you may start eating people’s insides. You are a dangerous witch. Pack your things quickly and leave this house.
Today, not even the village head of Kumurya or the Emir of Kano can make me change my mind. You must go.”
Inna kept her head lowered.
She did not raise her face.
Warm tears fell down her cheeks, and she quickly wiped them away.
The other women were filled with secret happiness. They felt like pouring water on the ground and drinking it in celebration. To them, this was the day Inna’s shame had finally been exposed.
They knew she had nowhere to go. They knew she had no one to give her shelter. That made their joy even stronger.
Iya shouted again:
“Asabe, are you not hearing me? I am talking to you. Stand up and leave this house before I order people to throw you out. I am speaking to you with respect, but you do not seem to understand.”
Slowly, Inna stood with a weak body.
Her voice was low and broken.
“Forgive me, Iya. We will leave now, in sha Allah.”
Iya adjusted her wrapper proudly.
“Good. Hurry up. Let it be done quickly.”
Without looking at anyone, Inna turned and entered the room to pack their few belongings.
The Meaning Of Komai Nisan Dare
The title Komai Nisan Dare means that no matter how long the night becomes, morning will surely come.
For A’isha and Inna, the night of hardship keeps growing longer.
They have faced poverty.
They have faced hunger.
They have faced sickness.
They have faced insults.
They have faced rejection.
Now A’isha has lost her sight, and Inna is being forced out of the only house sheltering them.
But even in this darkness, Inna continues to hold onto Allah.
She has no husband beside her.
She has no family defending her.
She has no money.
She has no safe place to go.
But she still has faith.
And as long as faith remains, the night has not defeated her completely.
Conclusion
Komai Nisan Dare Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues with a heartbreaking chapter in A’isha and Inna’s life.
Hajiya Kareema tries to convince Inna to send A’isha to Saudi Arabia under the name of work, but Inna sees danger in the offer and refuses. Soon after, A’isha’s sickness worsens. What begins as fever and headache turns into sudden blindness, throwing Inna into deep fear.
With no money for proper treatment, Inna depends on Innar Ma’u’s kindness, traditional treatment, prayers, and borrowed money. But instead of sympathy, the people of the compound accuse Inna and A’isha of evil and use A’isha’s condition as an excuse to drive them away.
Now Inna must pack her belongings and leave with a sick, blind child, not knowing where to go.
Will A’isha’s sight return?
Where will Inna take her daughter?
Who are the relatives Inna keeps promising they will one day visit?
And how long will this night of suffering last before morning finally comes?
The emotional journey of Komai Nisan Dare continues.