A Palestinian Martyr’s Wish to Raise A Quranic Family
Aiman, a 35-year-old Palestinian citizen from Gaza, wanted to see the body of her martyred husband for the last time. She and her children were deprived of saying goodbye to him and hugging him for the last time.
This realization was very difficult for them, because the occupiers not only divided the Gaza Strip into north and south, but also prevented them from attending the funerals of the martyrs and kissing their foreheads goodbye.
This pain still weighs on the hearts of Aiman and her five children: Liyan, Rama, Elin, Karim and Zain. This deprivation is so great that it cannot be described in words, she told Al-Sharq.
“I still feel the pain because I was deprived of saying goodbye to my husband, and when I hear my children wishing for the war to end so they can meet their father, it hurts even more.”
She added that before his martyrdom, her husband encouraged her to recite and memorize the Quran, gave her advice about the children, and told her that she was capable of taking on great responsibilities.
She said that her husband’s words were like a farewell, although she did not realize that it was his last farewell.
The Palestinian mother explained that she was initially told that her husband had been wounded, but when her phone rang and it was her mother, her heart skipped a beat to hear that he had been martyred. This was a hard blow for her and her children, who had been eagerly awaiting a ceasefire so that they could return to northern Gaza and see their father again.
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Every time she remembers that her daughter, Elin, asked God for martyrdom so she could join her father, she feels intense pain.
The Palestinian mother noted that her daughter, Liyan, would cry whenever she made coffee, remembering her father, because he loved her coffees; she was her father’s darling.
“My husband willed that I raise our children to love the Quran and be obedient to God Almighty,” she added.
“I hope to fulfill my husband’s wish to have a Quranic family with my children, and now I am trying to memorize the Surahs (of the Quran),” said Aiman.
She stated that not only did she lose her husband, but her house was also bombed, which added to her suffering and forced her to live in a tent that lacks many of the basic necessities of life. Her tent lacks a bathroom, and her problems are compounded by the cold and rain, but there is nothing she can do because there is no other place or option.
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