HEEDAYAH 12

 

Mutumin ya ajiye turaren hannunsa ya isa gun Heedayah ya tsaya dab da ita yana kallonta bayan yyi make sure bbu me kallonsu yace "How are you?" 

Juyowa Heedayah tayi da sauri, lkci daya ta mike tana waige waige, shi dai bai sake cewa komai ba yana kallonta, kamar xata yi kuka tace "ka dawo 

xaka kai ni gun Ammina ne?" Jin shiru, ta kai hannu to see if he is still there, komawa gefe yyi yace "Ina Ammin taki take?" Tace "A can gidan 

Yakumbo mana" xai yi magana ya ga Mami ta tsaya daga inda take tana kallonsu, lkci daya ya juya ya koma shelf din turaren da ya baro, Mami ta nufo 

Heedayah da sauri ta kamo hannunta tace "Me yake ce maki?" Heedayah da ta 6ata fuska xata yi kuka tace "shine ya sa ni a bicycle muka tafi..." Mami 

ta juya wajen da taga Mutumin ya tafi taga wajen wayam, da ido duk ta bi wajen amma bata ga alamarsa ba, Heedayah da hawaye ya cika idonta tace 

"Baya son inje wajen Ammina" kama hannunta Mami tayi suka bar wajen har sannan tana kalle kallen mall din ko xata ga wannan mutumi, sai da suka 

biya abubuwan da suka siya sannan suka tafi mota, Mami na kallon Heedayah tace "But ya akayi kika san shi ne?" Tace "Na ji voice dinsa, shine...." 

Mami bata kuma cewa komai ba har suka bar shopping mall din. Bayan Magrib Shuraim ya iso gida, rabonsa da gidan tun jiya juma'ah da safe, dama ko 

wajen daurin auren Abban nasa ma bai je ba, sau daya ya kalli motar Abban nasa dake parking space ya dauke kai, ya fita motarsa ya rufe ya wuce 

xuwa entrance din gidan, bbu kowa parlon, ya tafi parlon Abbansa, sallama yyi still standing at the door, Abba dake rike da makullin mota alamar 

xai fita ne, ya amsa masa sallama sannan ya bude kofar ya shiga, Heedayah ce xaune parlon kan lallausan carpet da plate din watermelon a gabanta 

tana sha, kasa karasawa parlon yyi tun da ya ga Heedayah, sai da Abba ya daga kai ya kallesa sannan cike da kasaita ya karasa ciki, gaba daya bbu 

wani annuri a fuskarsa, can gefe ya duka yace "Ina yini Abba" Abba yace "Lafiya lau" mikewa yyi ya nufi kofa Abba ya bi sa da ido har ya fita, a 

compound Abba ya samesa xaune shi dai bai ce masa komai ba ya fita da motarsa da nufin maida Heedayah can gidan Mami. Washegari lahadi Abba ya tafi 

can gidan Mami don ranan xasu tafi gidan Baffa Mami su gaisa da kaka, Abba ne ke driving Mami na gaban motar Heedayah kuma na baya a xaune, jifa 

jifa suke magana da ya shafi field din aikinsu, Mami dake danna wayarta ta kalli barrister tace "Hope ba dadewa xa mu yi ba wajen mama coz xa mu yi 

sallama da Amira nan da sha biyu xa su wuce" Abba ya d'an yi shiru kafin yace "I mean it Rahinah... Farida baxata je Abuja ba, are you trying to 

show ni ban isa riketa ba" Mami tace "A'a ae hutu xata je, in sha Allah xata dawo soon..." Yace "Wani hutun?" tace "Mid term...." Yace "Am damn 

serious baxata xauna Abuja ba" Mami tayi murmushi tace "To shkkn" a haka suka isa gidan Baffa, bayan Abba yyi parking ya juya yana kallon Heedayah 

da tayi lamo jikin motar, yace "Heedayah" ta xauna da kyau da sauri tace "Abba" murmushi yyi yace "Hope 

ba bacci xa ki yi ba" ta girgixa kai tace "A'a" Ya kalli Mami da ke kallonta ita ma, Mami tayi murmushi tace "Heedayah is more than lazy, tafi son 

tayi ta bacci" Shiru Abba yyi bayan few seconds yyi kasa da murya yace "Look Rahinah... my mother can be very weird at times kin san ynda tsoffi 

suke, I know she will welcome you wholeheartedly but.... Akwai halin tsufa dai, so get prepared Mamin Heedayah and Farida...." murmushi kawai tayi, 

ya bude motar ya fita, ita ma ta fita ta sakko da Heedayah, main parlor Mami ta xauna tana amsa gaisuwan da Yan matan gidan ke mata, Hajiya Hauwa 

dake kitchen ta fito don ganin su waye, ganin Abba tace "Sannu da xuwa barrister" yace "Sannu Hajiya Jiddah ya gidan" tace "Gida Alhmdllh" da 

fara'a tana kallon Mami tace "Sannu da xuwa Hajiya, sannun ku da xuwa" Mami na murmushi tace "Yauwa sannu, fatan mun same ku lafiya" Hajiya Hauwa 

tace "Alhmdllh, you are welcome to the family" murmushi Mami tayi tace "Thank you" Hajiya Hauwa ta tafi dauko ruwa, Abba ya mike ya nufi bangaren 

Mahaifiyarsu, Hajiya Amina ce ta sakko bayan yaranta sun tafi sun kai mata rahotu sama, tun daga step take kallon Mami har ta kusa faduwa, ta shigo 

parlon idonta kyar kan Mami tace "A'a Sannun da xuwa Bakuwa, lale marhaba, sannu amarya" Mami ta kalleta ta gefen ido jin salon maganan nata tace 

"Yauwa sannu" tana fadin haka ta mike tana kallon Hajiya Hauwa da ta ajiye mata ruwa da lemo tace "Hajiya ina ne bangaren mama?" Hajiya Hauwa tace 

"Mu je in raka ki" tana rike da hannun Heedayah ta bi bayan Hajiya Hauwa, Hajiya Amina ta bi ta da kallo har suka shiga parlon kaka sannan ta koma 

sama da sauri. Mami na shiga parlon Kaka ta xauna saman babban darduman dake shimfide tace "Sannu Mama" Kaka dake kallonta tace "Yauwa sannu 'yar 

nan, sannun ku da xuwa" Mami tayi kasa da kai tace "Ina kwana" Kaka tace "Lafiya qlau, kinga ynxun nan na gama karyawa, yau dai ba laifi sun ga 

daman kawo min karin kumallon da safe, kinsan uwa idan ba taka ba" Murmushi Mami tayi, Abba ya dauke kai daga kallon kaka da yake, Mami tace "To 

Allah ya rufa asiri Mama" Kaka tace "Atoh, Ameen dai, ni da so nayi ma su bar ni in dinga kayana da kaina tunda ina da karamin kitchen amma Amadu 

da wansa Umaru sun ki yarda, Kuma fa idan na ci abincin sae inyi ta tashin xuciya tsabar kazantar Yan gidan...." Ba dai wanda yace ma kaka komai, 

kaka tace "Toh ya sunan naki, kuma yaranki nawa?" Mami ta kalleta tace "Sunana Rahinah, yarana uku" kaka tace "To yaran me ya hanasu xuwa gaisheni 

bayan an riga an xama daya kuma??" Kafin Mami tace komai Abba yyi saurin cewa "Heedayah You didn't greet grandma" Mami ta daga Heedayah ta maido ta 

kusa da kaka tace "Greet her" a hankali Heedayah tace "Ina kwana" Kaka da ta saki baki tana kallonta tace "To wnn kuma wani irin kaya ne aka sa 

mata kamar 'yar anna, abu duk a d'angale jama'ah? Rahilah kike ko wa? Gaskiya kar ki sake sa mata wa Innan tsinannun kayan, da da idonta ma baxata 

bari a cuce ta a saka mata wannan kaya ba" Mami na murmushi tace "To in sha Allah baxa a sake ba Mama" Kaka tace "Kuma kar ki sake yi mata karin 

gashi ki rufa mana asiri mu ba hka muke ba" Mami tace "Ae gashinta ne mama" kaka ta cire hulan kan Heedayah tace "Auuu, to maa sha Allah, daga gani 

ba daga irin tsiya ta fito ba, nima dai ance ina kamarta gashina har gadon bayana wllh...." Abba ya mike yace "Baaba xa mu je, ana jirana ne" Kaka 

tace "Ko dai har ta tare bani da labari?" Yace "Aa tukunna" Kaka tace "To sai yaushe?" Abba xai yi magana kaka tace "A'a ni ba ruwana, ita bata da 

baki sae kai, ni da ita nake ba da kai ba ae koh" Mami tayi murmushi tace "Ko nan da sati kaka" Kaka tace "Toh dai kiyi ki tare kafin matar tasa ta 

dawo, kinsan tana d'an tabin hankali, ko da yake dai gadonsu ne, ga shi kuma ya hade da an mata kishiya, ke dai ba ruwanki da ita kiyi ta kanki ki 

kula da marainiya tsakanin ki da Allah, parlon ki na nan tikeke da uwar daka har da bandaki ba ruwanki da fitinanniyar, kitchen kuma ya fi parlon 

nan nawa da kike gani girma, komai kike son xubawa naki ki xuba duk xai cinye wllh...." Abba yace "To bari mu je Baaba" Mami dake ta murmushi kawai 

ta duka xata daga Heedayah, Kaka tayi saurin cewa "Kai ku ji mata ba yini ku ka kawota ta min ba dama, kinsan ynda muke da ita ne? D'a na fa ya 

tsinto ta tana galantoyi a titi" Mami ta mike tace "To shkkn mama, sae anjima" kaka tace "Ko anjima da daddare ba sai ki xo ki tafi da ita ba" Abba 

tuni ya fita, Mami tayi ma kaka sallama ita ma ta fita. Kaka na kallon Heedayah da jikinta yyi sanyi jin an tafi an barta tace "To sun baki abincin 

ma kuwa, don naga Amadu har wani rawa kansa yake shi a dole yyi amarya" Heedayah ta gyada mata kai kawai, kaka ta mike tace "Ni dai ba ruwana don 

ba barinsu Allah xai yi ba idan suka bar ki da yunwa" cup ta dauko a inda take jera su ta dawo ta bude flask ta debi ruwan xafi, shayi me kauri 

sosai ta hada a cup din ta bude bread ta dau slice biyu ta daura a plate ta debo dambun nama da tsoka uku na nama ta watsa kan plate din ta ajiye 

ma Heedayah a gabanta tace "gashi nan maxa ki cinye ki bani kwanuka na, duk cikin ki ya hade da bayanki kice min kin koshi" tana fadin haka ta mike 

ta koma daki tana cewa "Haka matar ta xo tsiya tsiya ba komai, kamar ta baxata kawo d'an lemonta ko ma dai turare ba tace gashi kaka" tabe baki 

tayi ta ci gaba da linkin da take. Heedayah dae na xaune da shayi a gabanta don ba yunwa take ji ba, ita din ba wata me cin abinci bace sosai, bude 

kofar parlon aka yi a hankali, Sudais ya shigo, direct inda ya hango turarensa da kaka ta dauke jiya ya nufa don dama abinda ya kawo sa kenan, ya 

duka xai dauka kenan ya ga Heedayah dake xaune, mikewa yyi tsaye yana kallonta sannan ya nufeta ya duka gabanta, she looks so sad, shi dai ya kasa 

yarda da abinda Shuraim yace masa wai fararen idon nan nata basa gani, hannu ya kai har kusa da idon ya ga bata motsa ba, ya sauke hannunsa a 

hankali, murya can kasa yace "How are you?" Juyawa tayi da sauri jin murya kusa da ita, Amma kuma tayi shiru tayi tana kallonsa directly in the 

eye, yace "How are you?" a hankali tace "Fine" yace "To ki sha shayin ki...." Tace "Na koshi" hannu ya sa aljihunsa ya fiddo chocolate biyu ya kamo 

hannunta yace "Toh ga chocolate ki sha, ko in bude maki?" Ta gyada masa kai, ya bude guda daya ya saka mata a hannunta, xai yi magana sae ga kaka 

ta fito, tana ganinsa tace "Ni dai wllh ba ruwana idan baki na ya bi ka Aliyu, nace kar ka sake xuwa min nan xan ja Allah ya isa, Kuma wllh na ja a 

raina tun ranan" Yace "Tunda ke ba Baffa bace kuma ba Umma bace me xai dameni, Allah ya isan ki iyakarsa lebenki" ko kadan bata ma san me yake cewa 

ba, don bude baki tayi kawai tana kallon shayin gaban Heedayah, can tace "Naga ikon Allah, Ke baki sha shayin bne har ynxu kika bar shi a 

walakance?" Heedayah ta marairaice tace "Na koshi" kaka tace "Amma ke dai muguwa ce, kina kallo ina hada shayi duk na yi barna da madarata da 

banvita kiyi shiru ki kyaleni sbda mugunta??" Sudais yace "To da idon ki taga kina hada shayin ta maki shiru kaka" Kaka tace "Ba ruwana da wnn, 

ance maka haka Allah ya bar su, duk suna sane da komai ke faruwa a inda suke, kawai tayi niyyar walakanta ni ne, amma tana sane lkcn da nake kada 

shayin" Sudais ya dau cup din shayin yace "Toh bari in Shan....." Kaka tace "Haram.... Ban baka ba har xuciyata, Amadu ne ya siyo min kayan shayin 

ba Umaru ba" dariya yyi yace "Toh shi din ba Abbana bne, Kuma ae dama abincin Haram dadi ne da shi" kaka ta fashe da kuka ta nemi kujera ta xauna, 

sai da ya shanye shayin ya ajiye mata cup yyi ficewarsa..... Hajiya Hauwa ce ta kawo abincin rana bayan azahar, Heedayah na xaune kan darduman da 

Kaka ta shimfida mata wai tayi sllh, Hajiya Hauwa da suke ce ma Aunty a gidan, ta gaida kaka tace "Ga abinci kaka" kaka tace "Toh yau dai kun bar 

yunwar ta gigitani gaskiya, Amma bbu komai Allah yyi albarka, amma fa ni dai nasa yar nan tayi sllh bn san ko ba musulma bace" dariya sosai Aunty 

tayi tace "Musulma ce mana kaka" kaka tace "Atohh naga dae ta iya alwalar..." Aunty tayi murmushi tana kallon Heedayah ta isa kusa da ita ta kai 

hannu kanta tace "Bari in kawo maki naki abincin kin ji daughter?" Heedayah ta gyada mata kai kawai, Aunty ta juya ta fita, sae ga ta ta dawo da 

plate din shinkafa da miya da salad a gefe sae neman kaza ta ajiye gaban Heedayah tace "Ki jira ya huce sae ki ci, kaka xata baki ruwa idan kika 

ci" daga haka ta fita, kaka na kallon Heedayah tace "To me kika yi ma iyayen naki suka sallama ma duniya ke d'a na ya kwaso ki?" Heedayah dai bata 

ce komai ba don Hausan ya mata girma, kaka ta tabe baki tace "Toh, Allah shi yasan dai dai, mu dai gashi mun kwaso ki bbu dangin iya balle na 

Baaba, muna neman lada wajen Allah" Bayan la'asar Kaka ta kwashe Yan wanke wankenta ta bude wani kofa da xae fitar da ita bayan gidan, inda aka yi 

mata pamponta ta kada kumfa ta ajiye ruwan dauraya ta dawo ta daga Heedayah dake bacci tace "Taso ke ma a dinga cin amfanin ki ba wai ki ci ki sha 

kiyi kashi kiyi ta bacci ba, tun xuwan ki kike bacci" a haka ta kai ta bakin tap ta xaunar da ita kan kujeran tsugunno dake wajen tace "Maxa kiyi 

ta lalubawa kina daukan kwanukan kina wankewa ga ruwa a gefen ki, mace kike gidan wani kuma xa ki" daga haka kaka ta wuce ciki ta bar ta, tunda 

Heedayah take bata ta6a wanke wanke ba, bata ma san meye shi ba, hka ta dinga daukan kwanukan tana tsoma su cikin ruwa tana fitarwa, har taji bbu 

wani nan kuwa duk suna gefe daya a ajiye, mikewa tayi pink wandon jikinta da ya wuce gwiwarta a jike jagab, kofa taji an bude a tunaninta kaka ce 

tace "Na gama" duk a tsorace take hannunta rike da plate biyu da cup daya, Shuraim ne tsaye bakin kofar alamar shigowansa kenan gidan a tunaninsa 

kaka ce backyard din, hannu Heedayah ta sa tana laluba wajen xata wuce ta ci tuntube da kujeran da ta tashi daga kai, cikin few seconds komai ya 

faru, duk da effort din Shuraim kuma jikinsa ta fada hakan bai hanata buge kneels dinta a kasa ba, shirun da Shuraim ya ji tayi ya sa yyi saurin 

daga kanta yana kallon fuskarta, sae a sannan ta wara ido ta fasa wani ihu da ya raxana shi, lkci daya ta kankamesa tana cewa wayyo kafanaa, kaka 

ta saki flask din ruwan xafin hannunta ta taho a guje tana cewa "Innalillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji'un, yar mutane ta mutu a gidana, na shiga uku na 

banu, me xance ma Amadu" Shuraim ya kalli kafan nata yana kokarin dagata ta rirrikesa cikin kuka tana cewa "Wayyo a kai ni wajen Abba, wayyo Abba 

ya xo...." kin fitowa kaka tayi ta dinga lekowa jikinta na rawa, Shuraim ya hade rai, ganin Heedayah ta ki tsayawa yace "Baxa ki tsaya ba sae na 

mare ki?" Kuka sosai take yi tace "Baxan iya ba kafan yana min ciwo..." Daukarta yyi ya shiga parlon kaka da ita ya kwantar da ita saman kujera 

yana kallon kafar, cikin rawar murya Kaka tace "Kaddai karyewa kafar yyi Ali?" Ta gefen ido Shuraim ya kalleta kafin ya mike yace "Ni na sani..." 

Kofa ya nufa zai fita ta cafkosa ta fashe da kuka tace "Don Allah ka rufa min asiri ka duba mata kafar tun da kai ma likita ne, Kar Amadu ya 

kullaceni, wllh sai in iya tattara kayana in gudu ba ruwana da bacin ran Amadu, ya takarkare ya tsinto yarinya kuma ace a gidana ta karye...." 

Heedayah dai sai kuka take tana kiran Abba, kaka ta xauna kasa ta saki matsanancin kuka tace "Ka ji algungumar wai Abba ko??" Shuraim ya hade rai 

yace "To ina xuwa in dauko abu a mota" daga haka yyi ficewarsa, dawowar da bai sake yi ba kenan. 

Abba ne tsaye kan Heedayah dake bacci saman gadon kaka, Mami kuma na xaune gefenta tana rike da hannunta, Aunty da Baffa da Umma ma duk suna dakin, 

kowa yyi jigum, can na hango kaka rakube jikin kofar bandakinta ko ganinta bata son a dinga yi sosai, Baffa yace "Toh wai ma ina aka ta6a sa mara 

ido aiki fisabilillahi??" Kaka tace "A'a ni dai kar a min sharri ita tace xata yi, tana ganin na hada kayan wanke wanken tace Kaka kawo in taimaka 

maki, to sai in hanata sbda mugun hali ko me? Kuma da kke wnn maganar so kke Allah ya tambayemu tarbiyar da muka mata? Don tana makauniya shkkn sae 

a fake da haka a ki bari ta ta6uka komai??" Baffa yace "Ta ina makaho xai iya wanke wanke kaka???" Kaka tace "Ni dai kar a min rashin kunya ba 

ruwana, Kuma flask din ruwan xafi na da ya gamu da ajalinsa daxu da plet dina da suka fashe guda biyu duk a biyani kayana, hatta kujerar tsungunnon 

ma yyi targade ba ita kadai ba, targade mana tunda kafa daya ya karye, Kai kuma Amadu wllh jidali ka haifar ma kanka kana tunanin d'a ne, sam 

xuciyar wnn yaro naka shuree yake ko wa, bashi da kyau, xuciyarsa bakikirin yake, ni Yaron ma idan ba tsoro yake bani ba shegiya nake, mugu ne 

axxalumi na bugawa a jarida, wllh yarinyar nan na tsala ihun axaba gwanin ban tausayi ya tsallake da  shegen idanuwansa kamar naka yyi wucewarsa ko 

ta mutu ko tayi rai oho, tsaf xai iya kashe mutum har ya kai sa makwancinsa, ni abun hannunsa ma na daina ci daga yau, inda Sudess ya fi sa kenan, 

shi dai bar shi da cin Haram amma xuciyarsa fari ne fatt wllh" Abba dai bai ce komai ba kuma bai kalli mahaifiyar tasa ba....

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