Sunday morning 1990, a 35 years old man was sitting nervously in a waiting room of a hospital. Her wife was in a process of giving birth for his second child. Deep inside his heart, he really wished that the baby would be a girl to complete his little family with a son and a daughter after a long wait.
A Long Wait
This was seven years after his first child born. This man and his wife were actually planned to have another baby since their son was 2 years old. She was actually pregnant for second baby as planned. But on the third month pregnancy, the fetus misscarried. They were sad, but still tried to have a baby again. 2 years later, his wife was pregnant again. But still, the baby did not come to the world. 3 years later, his wife was pregnant again. The man took care of his wife much more carefully to avoid another unexpected thing. In his heart, he had two wishes to God. First, the baby would come to the world safely. And second, the baby would be a girl.
In a few months of pregnancy, The Wife was always in a painful situation every time the baby made a move. She sweated. She had to stop any activity she did and lay down on the bed. Although it was not her first pregnancy, she never felt so painful as this one. The motion was stronger that her first child.
At that time, using scan to know the gender of the baby inside the belly was a high price for this family. So they chose to wait until baby born to know the gender. "I guess this one will be another baby boy," The Wife said to her husband. The Husband just smiled to his wife and took care of her. She knew that her husband was hiding his dissatisfaction.
In a few months of pregnancy, The Wife was always in a painful situation every time the baby made a move. She sweated. She had to stop any activity she did and lay down on the bed. Although it was not her first pregnancy, she never felt so painful as this one. The motion was stronger that her first child.
At that time, using scan to know the gender of the baby inside the belly was a high price for this family. So they chose to wait until baby born to know the gender. "I guess this one will be another baby boy," The Wife said to her husband. The Husband just smiled to his wife and took care of her. She knew that her husband was hiding his dissatisfaction.
The Wish Come True
In the hospital, there were some patients that would give birth for their baby. After waiting for a while, The man heard a baby cried softly. He asked to the nurse, but it was not his baby. Then he heard the next baby crying. He asked again, yet it was not his baby. He started panic. Then after hours, he heard the third crying. The sound was so loud. Really loud. The husband started sweating. If that was really his baby, that strong cry sounded like a boy.
He asked to the nurse again. Then the nurse said it was his wife who just gave a birth. And the nurse informed him that the baby was a girl. His face looked so happy. He can not hide the grateful expression. Once he was allowed to visit his wife, he gave a great hug to his wife. "Thank you," he said implicitly for giving birth a baby girl.
In the hospital, there were some patients that would give birth for their baby. After waiting for a while, The man heard a baby cried softly. He asked to the nurse, but it was not his baby. Then he heard the next baby crying. He asked again, yet it was not his baby. He started panic. Then after hours, he heard the third crying. The sound was so loud. Really loud. The husband started sweating. If that was really his baby, that strong cry sounded like a boy.
He asked to the nurse again. Then the nurse said it was his wife who just gave a birth. And the nurse informed him that the baby was a girl. His face looked so happy. He can not hide the grateful expression. Once he was allowed to visit his wife, he gave a great hug to his wife. "Thank you," he said implicitly for giving birth a baby girl.
The man loved his daughter so much. He praised to God for the favor he got. God really fulfilled his wish although he had to wait until seven years and passed several trial. "If your mother did not get trouble with her pregnancies, you would never be in this world. But Allah already prepared you," The Man said to the little baby who obviously do not understand what he said.
What if
Anyway, that kind of joy would never exist if it happened in the pre-islam generation. Before islam existed, people only expected baby boy. The born of a girl was a mistake for the father. Girl had no price at that time, and the family who had a girl would be humiliated. Some people even buried their baby alive just to avoid social humiliation (16:57-58).
It may seems awkward to talk about old generation and compared it to recent day. But to know that there was a terrible time for girls due to gender unfairness, now even just being a girl in this time is a favor. Moreover, to know that there was a long journey behind the birth of a baby from the story of the man and his wife, even just being born in this world is a great gift from the God.
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