History has recorded stories of deep love between a man and a woman, stories like Laila Majnoo, Romeo and Juliet, Shah Jehan and Mumtaz to name a few. However, nothing compares to the following real life story. Abdullah, a sixty year old Saudi gentleman can not come to terms with his wife Fatima's death. She had passed away due to cancer and experienced excruciating pain due to chemotherapy treatment. She had spent long periods of time within a hospital environment. The old man walks to the cemetery twice a month to visit his beloved wife's grave. He stares at the grave for long periods of time with tear filled eyes and then raises his hands in prayer. Sometimes he would laugh and there are times that he would cry whilst relating his daily life activities to his deceased wife as though she was right there sitting next to him.He lives with his sons and does not go out much, except to perform prayer at the nearby mosque. His son Othman said his father has never stopped thinking about his mother.
The memories of the time they spent together have been etched on his mind, he said.
No matter what his sons and daughters do to entertain him, he cannot forget his late wife and keeps mentioning her name all the time. “My father went blind as a result of crying much over my mother’s death. Once he told me that losing his sight did n’t make him as sad as losing Fatima, who was the apple of his eye.”
Source:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130202151568
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