Saturday, August 12, 2006

He has had his share of tests, since he's been wayward.....

Look at this peoples.....this is what has been going on with Hubby, since the text message of last July 2005. Now remember, he had just divorced the cdn woman in May 2005....

July 2005: text message arrives
-I start freaking out about it
-the woman talks to me and tells me she's gonna back off
-he promises me, wallahi he would never marry behind my back
Aug 2005: the sickness
-hubby gets a strange rash on his shoulders that I notice after he comes outta the shower
-it spreads down his back and arms, we go to the DR and they give us cream
-the rash changes in appearance, becomes like little blood blisters under the skin all over his body, he starts getting a fever
-we bring him to another DR, he almosts faints in the office
-admitted to hospital.....stays there for 23 days.....they have no idea what is wrong with him, a virus they call it, but name it? They have no idea. Everyday he seems to be between life and death, the fever is gaining hold on his body
-the day before they want to let us take him home.....although he's very weak......he suffers a minor stroke, right in front of my eyes, rushed to another hospital...they want to keep him, he just wants to go home.
-he starts dragging his feet, he can't walk.....he flies in 2 days
-even tho I beg him to stay, he has to go back....I cry watching him walk down the stairs...he looks like an old man
Sept 2005: recovery
-in Canada they put him in the hospital again, but they also have no idea what hubby was suffering from, they did every imaginable poke and prod around
-the Moroccan Magic and her hubby come and help my hubby when he's alone
Oct 2005: back to Egypt
-he comes back after a month so that we can see he's okay
-he tells me not to worry about Morrocan Magic, it's over
-he stays a month till Nov 28th
Nov 2005: the craziness
-a close friend of hubby approaches us about being partners in a new location for our business. He'll put up half the money, but will do all the managing of it. Ideal to us....we will be, silent partners....we agree
-hubby is super busy, trying to get the new store opened....running around EVERYWHERE
-he's like a madman right up until his last day...Nov 28th...barely can catch his breath
-he goes back to Canada, and find the woman has a surprise for him
-she immediately calls him and tells him her ex hubby went to Montreal.....and that when he comes back, he plans to walk into hubby's work and tell everyone that they are commiting adultery. She pushes and prys.....and on Dec 2nd....just three days later, he marries her
Dec 2005: next
-he marries her,
-ex hubby comes back and FLIPS OUT.....
-ex hubby goes to hubbies work and does the adultery thing anyways.....goes to the masjids, u name it
-ex hubby calls me,
-i call hubby and start FLIPPING OUT
-my hubby's work gives him papers that they want him out
-at work they start being nasty
Jan 2005: my turn
-Hubby comes to see me at the end of Jan....he's been married 6 weeks and comes to Egypt for 6 weeks
-his family is in an uproar, immediate and his own brothers
-the day he arrives, our store gets robbed of $10,000 LE worth of merchandise
-I spend sooo much time crying and hurting.....nothing is helping
-his first time to go to the new store, we aren't there even 10 mins and the electricity pops....we blew something big and it takes us 3 days to get the lights back on.....they take a wire from the telephone poles outside in the meantime
-they get caught about the telephone pole....my hubby gets a letter from the egyptian gov't....they put a $60,000 LE fine for it.
-he's running after bigshots in the Egyptian gov't trying to get the fine reduced....not getting much of anywhere
-his new partner asks for his money back....he doesn't want to be IN anymore
-we are stuck with a new store, no manager...what to do?
-he gets the fine reduced to $1,000 LE.....amazing
-his kids are all mad at him, he makes promises, breaks them, and we basically just get to observe
Feb 2006, he leaves
-we got nowhere and he leaves
-we can't talk to each other on the phone, he starts calling and yelling at me
-hangs up on me, doesn't call for a week at a time....
-his work in Canada are taking him to court, they are following him afterhours, and one of the women there is trying to get hubby in any kind of trouble.....
-that same woman starts calling me, lying about who she is......telling me half truths and lies
-he's having problems with Morrocan Magic
March 2006: chaos
-everything in Canada is in chaos
-now his only brother beside him there has stood against him
April 2006:
-I start asking when he's gonna come back, putting pressure
-His work is making Hubby's life unbearable
-we have to close down one of our businesses, but manage to reopen it in a month
-I start getting COLD with hubby
May 2006:
-more of the same
-i have to go see the inlaws, and they all gang up on me, telling me horrible things.....gets me down again
-hubby tells me that Moroccan Magic moved back into her own place.....but they aren't divorced
June 2006: He comes back
-but he finds only the shell of me
-I do all my duties towards him, but cannot pretend to be happy
-I am so sad and scared of more lies....I think that I just want him to keep his promises......but he's forgotten which makes it worse for me
-this visit was hell, I yelled and swore at him one night......I cried in front of his whole family....and they all ganged up on him.
-my heart was being torn in half
July 2006: he leaves
-We are all relieved. It was getting very difficult with him around
-exams for the kids...we get the results, my 14 yr old, failed two subjects. She's been so affected by everything, she couldn't concentrate when she was studying. the whole family told hubby that he's ruining everything he touches
Aug 2006: surprise phone call
-hubby asks what if we come to Canada as a visit
-tells me not to think about Morrocan Magic
-we get the tickets...but can't fly
-yet another thing that doesn't work out for hubby.....

SubhanALLAH....I can't believe I went thru all that....alhamdulillah.....I can't believe that he's gone thru all that! Subhan ALLAH....

I keep telling him, that once he finishes in Canada, I promise to make his life easy in Egypt......that I'll wake him up for Fajr, and he can go pray it in the mosque, and that I'll take care of him, that I'll never make any troubles in the house...just come home....please come home.

Insha ALLAH, insha ALLAH......

But I felt that I should write that so that you also see that this hasn't gone smoothly on his end. He's being tested with his family, his sustenance, his ventures, thievery, his brothers, u name it......subhanALLAH!

18 Comments:

Blogger Vena said...

This sounds like sihr to me sweetie!!!! This is typical magic. Did you ever think that it was her doing it? Be extremely careful and always read Quran to protect yourself and your family. This could be a test, but it sounds more like witchcraft to be honest.

12:07 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Habibti...I love you...I am at a loss for comforting words...Insha'Allah things will get better but my first thought was the evil eye...maybe her maybe her EX who knows but shaytan is in full force....I know that me saying I will make Dua' doesn't do much to help but I will still make dua'. Mash'Allah you are a strong woman to have endured all of this and still be one of the greatest women I have ever known. You always seem to keep your wits about yourself and still hold your head high through the tears. Habibti I love you and Insha'Allah, Allah will ease your pain and make your life in this world and in the hereafter free of pain and heartache.( I tired to do good with the spelling for you but I am sure I missed something.)

4:49 AM

 
Blogger pixie said...

I hope things work out for you.

6:09 AM

 
Blogger Safa said...

I always thought Sihr too.....maybe both of them are active in it......I am bringing surah al Baqarah on tape with me to play in hubby's apt....

7:20 AM

 
Blogger Vena said...

You have to safa. IstagfirAllah for me saying this without proof, but my mom is suffeing her in marriage due to abnormal things. Now we suspect (may Allah forgive us if we are wrong) that these things have to do with either his jamaican sister or his Morrocan ex-wife who wants my mom's husband back. I don't know, but it's dangerous stuff. You might want to take your husband to a sheikh who is able to tell if anything was done to him.

9:23 AM

 
Blogger Vena said...

lol. I am having spelling problems too. I meant that my mom is suffering in her marriage too.

9:25 AM

 
Blogger Safa said...

u can do that? Bring yourself or hubby to a sheikh?? I wonder what they would do??

9:50 AM

 
Blogger PM said...

Wow Safa!

I can tell you REALLY love him because after all that to say you will make his life easy if he comes back to Egypt -- that is the most generous offer I have ever heard. Frankly, having read all this, I can tell I couldn't do it -- but I admire you for it.

Now it sinks in to me more than ever that he will never be able to put this 3rd marriage right because I strongly suspect he DID commit zina. It just doesn't make sense that if his hands (and other parts) were clean, so to speak, that her ex-husband's threats would mean anything. I don't mean to hurt you but I am sure you thought of this yourself.

Insha'Allah this is more about his attempt to set right the haraam than an honest desire for more than one wife.

God Bless you, Sissy.

Love you,
PM

11:08 AM

 
Blogger Aneesa Lewis said...

subhanAllah sister you have been through much trials since that first venture to egypt back in 97-98. two things came to my mind as i was reading your most recent posts...

#1: i remember i was listening to this lecture (can't recall who the shaykh was) and he was saying that there is a group of people that will enter jannah solely based on the trials they had to face in the dunya. oh, i remember now, it was a telelink with shaykh ghudayaan who is a part of the 'ulama, and he was answering a question about the correct islamic position regarding the situation in lebanon. so the shaykh stated that the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam stated in an authentic hadeeth that a person may have a station or provision in jannah that he will not obtain except by way of calamities or trials that afflict him.

#2: there is another authentic hadeeth which i'm going to paraphrase, that the ones who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves the most, he afflicts them with trials and tests.

so, with that being said, sister, this dunya is nothing but trials and tests, all of which are a means of drawing us nearer to the Pleasure of our Rabb or gaining His Wrath. sometimes it's hard to believe, but trials are inevitable in this dunya and, despite the pain and the suffering that we may incur from them in this life, they actually might be a means of baraka for us in the next life. just think, how many people do you hear, when they are afflicted with some hardship, say "Ya Allah, thank you for this trial that you have placed in my life." no, instead you hear complaining and crying and ungratefulness. i'm not saying that you are ungrateful or that there is something wrong with feeling down at times, for we all go through our moments of weakness. but what i am saying is that we must always remember the bigger picture, that our lives are not limited to this dunya, but that everything that occurs in this dunya is connected to our akhira. so much so that what appears to be negative in this dunya may have a positive outcome in al-akhira. just some food for thought...

12:14 PM

 
Blogger UmmBadier said...

And he (pbuh) said, “The greater reward is with the greater trial. When Allah loves a people He tries them, so whoever is pleased, then for him is the pleasure [of Allah], and whoever is displeased, then for him is the displeasure [of Allah].” Al-Tirmidhi graded it hasan.

Asalamu Walaikum,
I have heard of many Moroccans using "magic". It is a part of the culture. It's very sad to know that muslims do this, but ya know that's another issue... Yes, most sheiks have some knowledge about the signs of the evil eye having been inflicted on someone and some can really do something about it.
To even SAY that we strongly suspect someone has commited zina is against the sunnah, not IC (islamically correct). We are not to cast suspicion on each other...you see how painful and dangerous it can be. It also is very damaging to person's character and obviously the man has enough probs. It really may have to had to do with issues of pride and honor. Allahuwalim.

Trudge on sis!
Asalamu Walaikum

12:56 PM

 
Blogger Musleema said...

While al ayn and sihr exist and we are instructed to seek Allah's protection from them, we have to be mindful that neither al ayn nor sihr can do anything to anyone without Allah's permission for it to occur. Alone they are powerless so we shouldn't become too preoccupied thinking or fearing it.

Instead, we should try to stay mindful and fearful of Allah. And when calamities strike, instead of wondering who could of had it out for us, we have to look inward and wonder where or how we have wronged Allah and ourselves. Ibtilaat - tests are apart of this dunya, but Allah has promised us that He would not burden us with more than we can bear. That doesn't mean we can't burdened. Rather most Muslims today are in situations where they are being burdened and oppressed and when we examined those cases - when we examine our own homes we find that some where, some how we have deviated from something (whether seemingly small or big) from the balanced path that Allah and His nabi (saws) provided us with.

In surah al Anbiyaa (21:35) Allah says (what means)"...And We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good..."

That said, I think peaceful has a point. If something major happened that brought about this 3rd marriage then these issues that keep arising will only be solved by major continuous tawbah... by your husband.

You don't seem to have the whole story, but I really do think the ex-husband has something worth while to say.

Maybe when you get back to Canada you all (including exhusband) can go to marital counseling? At the very least, you have a right to know the truth and to be able to make a well informed decision about your own life.

1:46 PM

 
Blogger PM said...

My apologies for committing a grave sin and doing something against the sunnah and not "IC." I guess I am just used to be very honest and thought the familiarity we have fostered allowed it. I have only been a Muslim for about 5 years and unfortunately don't know everything and am far from perfect.

Salaam Alaikum,
PM

1:59 PM

 
Blogger Relief said...

As'salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah,

It sounds like your dear hubby has definitely had his fair share of trials. The trials for the believer are supposed to help return us to the obedience of our Lord and Sustainer not push us farther away. Usually when something bad happens to us it is from our ownselves as Allah does pardon much.

That said, the evil eye is real and the sisters ex-husband is probably giving your zoge the evil eye so he must seek refuge from Allah from the evil eye. He should remember to say the quls after every salah as that is a protection against the evil eye. I don't know about the magic but their our protections against that as well. May Allah bless your family with all that is good and protect your family from harm. Ameen.

2:14 PM

 
Blogger UmmBadier said...

PM... I mean to be tounge in cheek with IC...though not with the suspition stuff. And of course we each have our own limited knowledge, alhumdiallah and that's why we should really use authentic hadiths so we are actually benefiting each other, so Inshallah I really need to find the hadith to pass along as it is important.

2:38 PM

 
Blogger Vena said...

The sheikh starts to read Quran on him and then they will know if there is Jinn in him or if sihr was done. I have seen it done before, it's freaky!!!! But your husband has to protect himself with dhikr and prayer because if he doesn't then he is more suseptible to having it done to him. Ask the sheikh for someone who can read on your husband and see if he had something done to him.

4:39 PM

 
Blogger Safa said...

insha ALLAH.....I'm not upset at all peacefulmuslimah.....but I thank Ummbadier for her gentle reminder.

In fact, there isn't really anything that I haven't thought of....I used to live and breathe betrayal and fear when I first found out......and obsessed about the whole situation.

I will ask hubby about seeing a sheikh.....

10:01 PM

 
Blogger Safa said...

he never found out....and yes it finally went away completely after about 1 month and a half. He looked like he had been beaten over his entire body.....purple blood blister bruises everywhere but not his face....subhanALLAH...

6:05 AM

 
Blogger NiqaabiQueen said...

And Allah subana wa taila, says: "And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirun (the patient)". 2:155

Suban-Allah, that was a mouthful. I love you and will keep you in my duas at all times, insha-Allah. It seems as if you've been through it all, masha-Allah only to become a more beautiful sister. Through the storm you have managed to benefit as well as help others learn, wal alhumdullilah. May Allah reward you and your family with the best of everything, AAMEEN.

As-salaamu Alaykum

8:12 AM

 

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