Inayah Book 1 Complete Hausa Novel

As a result, everyone in the house began pushing Hadiza away.

Hadiza became extremely thin and disheveled. Her appearance changed greatly—her long neck and sharp nose became more pronounced, and her eyes protruded as if someone searching for a needle in the dark.

Inna, however, was used to poverty, so hunger did not disturb her as much as it did Hadiza. What troubled her most was the pity she felt for Hadiza’s life, knowing that once they returned home after the mourning period, Hadiza would face even greater hardship.

On another side, since the miscarriage that happened at the time of Salisu’s death, Hadiza had never truly recovered. The pain in her stomach kept tormenting her.

Sometimes the pain would strike her so severely that she felt as though she might die. Yet she never went to the hospital because they had no money.

She did not even tell Inna about it because she did not want to worry her. If she told Inna or her mother, they would only panic without having any solution.

After enduring intense hardship, poverty, and overwhelming sorrow, her mourning period finally ended, and they began preparing for her to return to her parents’ home.

Salisu’s mother cried again for her son when Hadiza was about to leave.

She wished she had the means to continue caring for Salisu’s wife and his son whom she loved dearly.

But she simply did not have the ability.

She loved Abdul deeply as well, but she could not afford to keep him, which was why she never asked to take him.

If Salisu’s father had still been alive, she knew he would never have allowed Hadiza and Abdul to leave.

Hadiza herself knew that it was poverty that prevented Salisu’s mother from asking to keep Abdul. Since Salisu died, even the old woman now struggled to find food for herself.