The Inevitable Consequences of Stolen Love – Part 2

Today’s article is about Betrayal in marriage.

“You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”

This popular quote which is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, suggests that while it may be possible to deceive or mislead a few individuals temporarily, it is not possible to deceive everyone indefinitely.

1863 portrait of Abraham Lincoln,16th President of the United States, by Alexander Gardner – source: Wikipedia

In other words, it means that people may be fooled or manipulated for a short period, but eventually, the truth or reality becomes apparent, and the deception is exposed.

It simply conveys the idea that the truth has a way of coming to light and that attempts to deceive or mislead will ultimately fail when faced with the scrutiny and discernment of a larger group of people over time.

The betrayal in marriage story of a woman named Habiba and her secret lover, Ahmed, fully illustrates this quote.

Ahmed and Habiba’s husband, Rafiu had building materials businesses in the same area of the same town.

Habiba fell in love with Ahmed on the day her husband left her in their building materials shop and travelled for some days.

As the love between them blossomed, Ahmed started visiting her in her matrimonial home, whenever her husband was not at home.

Ahmed always disguised himself in an abaya with a niqab whenever he was visiting Habiba.

In case you don’t know what an abaya is, it is a loose-fitting, ankle-length garment worn by most Muslim women in some countries, as a symbol of modesty.

It is often black but can also come in other colours and styles, depending on cultural preferences.

A niqab, on the other hand, is a face-covering veil that is worn in addition to a hijab or an abaya to cover the face, leaving a narrow opening for the eyes.

Now, you know.

Ahmed never missed dressing in those attires for fear of being caught, and he had the attires in different designs.

After several weeks of marital betrayal by Habiba, the secret between her and Ahmed filtered into the ears of Habiba’s husband, Rafiu.

The leakage of Habiba’s marital betrayal was done by one of Rafiu’s female cotenants, who had been suspecting Habiba’s visitor of being a man disguised in an abaya and niqab.

With that worrisome tip-off, Rafiu began to keep a watchful eye on his wife even though he had not noticed infidelity signs in her.

“While I was at the bank, one fateful Tuesday morning,” disclosed Rafiu while narrating the marital betrayal story of his wife to his father, “a female cotenant of mine called me on the phone to inform me that Habiba’s suspected visitor had just arrived at my house.

“When I got home and asked Habiba who the visitor in an abaya and niqab was, she lied to me that the visitor was her female friend, Hafsat.

“Instead of allowing the visitor to identify who he or she was, when I demanded for such information, Habiba interrupted me and insisted that the visitor was her female friend, Hafsat.

“I didn’t believe her because her countenance showed that she was lying to me.

“Upon my forceful interrogation of her visitor, I discovered that the visitor was not her friend, Hafsat, as she claimed, but a man who disguised himself in an abaya and niqab.

“As a result of the anger caused by Habiba’s lies, I securely locked the door, held the key, and went for my sharpened cutlass.

“Immediately Habiba saw me wielding the cutlass, she broke down in torrential tears and started confessing her marital betrayal game to me.

“I was utterly shocked and angry when I finally discovered that her secret lover was Ahmed, my building materials colleague.

“With that anger, I drew my cutlass and cut off each of Ahmed and Habiba’s ears.

“Though I did that in anger, it would serve as a big lesson to them, knowing full well that our religion, Islam, forbids cheating and deceit.

“Before I allowed Ahmed to leave my house, I made sure I took photographs of him and my wife, together and separately, as well as recorded the video clips of their confessions.”

Rafiu disappeared from the town, after that gory incident, but was later arrested in his hideout and charged to court for taking the laws into his own hands.

Inasmuch as Rafiu went too far to seek justice for the marital betrayal of his wife against him, the two cheating spouses, Ahmed and Habiba, must have themselves to blame for their condemnable adulterous lifestyle.

Habiba’s betrayal in marriage error and Ahmed’s connivance should serve as a reminder that honesty, trust, and transparency are important and that any attempt to deceive people all the time is most unlikely to succeed in the long run.

Ahmed and Habiba’s adultery and betrayal in the marriage story really show that you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.

As long as people refuse to understand that betrayal in marriage is bad, they would continue to face the inevitable consequences of their actions.

However, it is possible for one to live above betrayal in marriage, provided one is ready to learn what it takes to do so, which includes the word of God.

I pray that you’ll seek and find the grace of God to live above cheating in relationships.

If you have a clue on how we can check the current explosion of betrayal in marriage, please, drop your comments in the comment box below, and I’ll make sure I share them across the Internet.

Thank you for taking the time to read this betrayal in marriage piece.

The Inevitable Consequences of Stolen Love – Part 2. THE END.

By Emmanuel Sadiq, a converted Muslim, living in Utrecht, Holland

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