Presumption is basically to assume about something before it actually happens. Now, assumptions can be good or bad. Ever heard your elders saying: "Always have good presumptions from God".
So join this story of Shanzay Ibad, who always had negative presumptions about everything in life. This girl presumes about the negative, neglecting the blessings she had all along in her life and Azlaan Murtaza, who never let negative assumptions get the best of him and who believes in the beauty and diversity of life and see what happens when fate crosses their paths.

Presumption

Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! 


Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah. Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah. 


 Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah. Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah. 


 Hayya 'ala-s-Salah. Hayya 'ala-s-Salah. 


 Hayya 'ala-l-Falah. Hayya 'ala-l-Falah. 


As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm. As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm. 


(God is Great! God is Great! God is Great! God is Great! 


I bear witness that there is no god except the One God. 


 I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God. 


 Hurry to the prayer. Hurry to the prayer. 


 Hurry to salvation. Hurry to salvation. 


Prayer is better than sleep. Prayer is better than sleep.) 


The sound of Azaan rang in her eardrums causing her to wake up abruptly from the valley of sleep. She rubbed her eyes and looked around her surroundings groggily. She had been sleeping on the cold hard floor and her feet were ice cold. She practically dragged herself to bathroom for wuzu (ablution). After wuzu she laid jaynamaz (prayer mat) and started reciting Salah (prayer). 


She had a porcelain face with a pink hue dusted her cheeks due to the cold weather. Her long black hair was covered under the hijab which she had tied for Salah. She recited her Salah with patience which took her fifteen minutes to complete it. She never rose hands for dua’a as she had left this ritual it long ago. As she folded the prayer mat her hazel eyes began to water again but she tried to compose herself and laid on the bed in her room and tried to sleep…. 


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Azlaan woke up from the annoying sound of his alarm which he’d set for fajr prayer. He sleepily walked towards the bathroom, performed wuzu and rose hands for takbir after laying the prayer mat. His thick brown hair, which was usually set with a gel was covered under the prayer cap. He was a tall muscular man with a straight face which had a kind of smile which left everyone dazed. His facial features attracted people towards him. Long thick lashes and his greyish green eyes full of sparkle and life. 


After salah he rose hands for dua’a and then folded the prayer mat. He made his way to his wardrobe and took out his tracksuit. After ten minutes or so he was ready to go to park for his daily jogging routine… 


 Ibad Raheem was a successful business man. He had a love marriage with her university classmate Fatima Rafiq. This was the very reason that Ibad had never been able to have good terms with his family. Ibad and Fatima had two children, a girl named Shanzay who was now 20 years of age and was doing bachelors in business administration and a son Moosa’a who was five years younger than Shanzay and had just passed 10th grade. Mr. Ibad met with an accident when Shanzay was only fifteen and since then Mrs. Fatima Ibad handled the business. 


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Murtaza Azeem was an industrialist. He was married to Rehana Bashir. They had three kids Azlaan, Sa’adi and Noor. Azlaan was twenty four years of age and was currently doing Masters in accounting and finance. Sa’adi was five years younger than Azlaan and had just completed intermediate. Noor was the youngest and was currently in 9th grade. Murtaza Azeem with his family went to London to extend his business when Azlaan was only five, he had return last year to settle permanently in Pakistan….


Chapter 1