Episode Eight: The New Imam

Muna hostel da daddare Amira tazo dakin mu ta sameni nayi wanka ina shirin yin bacci, ta zauna a bakin gadona. Da yake yanzu mun zama seniors ba bunks ne damu ba. Still dakin mu daya da Hafsat da wadansu Christians su biyu Naomi da Abigail. Mu hudu ne a dakin mai dauke da gado hudu, lockers hudu da kujerun karatu kowacce da table dinta guda hudu, sai fridge guda biyu. Dakin babu tarkace da yawa da yake Hafsat akwai tsafta kuma duk ta fimu girman jiki hakan yasa ta zama kamar Senior din mu. Babu wanda ya isa yayi kazanta. In kaga Hafsat tana bamu order sai ka dauka ba class din mu daya ba. Muna da toilet din mu guda daya a dakin wanda muke sharing mu hudun, kuma kullum twice cleaners suke zuwa su wanke mana shi duk da ba wani datti yake yi ba. Masifar Hafsat ma ba zata barmu muyi kazantar ba.
Ina tsaye ina kallon fuskata a mudubin jikin locker din Abigail Amira ta shigo dakin sanye da dogon hijab har kasa tare da sallama. Ina ganinta nasan har ta kwanta ta taso. Ta cikin mudubin nake kallonta har ta zauna a kan gadona tace "kai Moon wannan bargon naki da laushi yake, wannan inna kwanta a kansa ai ba zan iya tashi daga bacci ba" na juyo ina fuskantar ta nace ' ko kina so in bar miki ne, u can take it if you want. Ina da wani" da sauri tace " a'a wannan ai sai in kasa tashi sallah asuba" muka yi dariya baki daya. Hafsat dake kwance kan gadonta tana karanta novel tace "Amira wai da gaske yasaiyadin mu ya tafi umrah?" Amira tace "eh wallahi Hafsat, shine ma maganar da nazo muyi. Ya tafi umrah, sai nan da at least a month zai dawo. Na taho na zauna kusa da Amira nace " to fa, yanzu me ake ciki kenan Amira? Waye zai ke janmu sallah kuma wa zai ke yi mana dori? Amira a lokacin itace mosque prefect dan haka duk wasu bayanai akan harkar addini a gurinta a ke samu. Tace "senior master dai yace they will find a solution. Maybe da assuba in muka je sallah zamu ga new face" na dafe kai nace "oh God, I don't like these changes da muke samu wallahi" Amira ta gyara zama tace "change is sometimes good Moon. Dama maganar da nazo muyi kenan, karki damu kanki da wadanna changes din har su zo suyi affecting dinki negatively, please Moon, give the change a chance, ki daure, you might even like it. Bana so gobe idan munje masjid kinga new imam ki yi loosing interest akan karatun ki. Kinga kun kusa sauka ke da Hafsat. Kada kizo karatun ki ya koma baya kuma. Muka kalli juna nida Hafsa wacce yayi her usual side looped smile tare da whispering "she likes you" na tashi daga dan kashingidar da nayi nace "I like you too Amira. Kuma insha Allah babu abinda zai samu karatu na, besides, I have u". Amira tayi sauka tun kafin tazo school din. Shi yasa run muna jss ni da Hafsat muke daukan karatu a gurinta. Tana dariya ta mike tana cewa "ni din bayan in muna karatun wasa kike yi. Da haka ta mike tare da wishing din mu good night, tayi sallama dasu Abigail sannan ta tafi dakinsu
Ajiyar zuciya nayi nayi rigingine ina tunano abubuwan da suka faru a ranar. Na fahimci cewa abinda nayi ban kyauta ba. Ya kamata in bawa Thin Tall Man chance kamar yadda Amira ta fada kafin in ce bana son teaching dinsa. Abinda nayi na kin shiga class dinsa is very wrong, za'a iya furnishing dina akan hakan. Amma duk da haka bai nuna min bacin ransa ba sai ma neman sulhu da yayi dani. Kafin inyi bacci ranar sai da nayi alkawarin insha Allahu gobe zanyi making up for my mistakes.
Washegari kuwa kamar yadda muka yi tsammani hakane ya faru. Mukaji muryar diff liman yana jan sallah. Muka yi joining har aka idar sannan muka tafi class din da ake mana islamiyya. Muna zazzaune muna bitar karatun mu na baya sai gashi ya shigo ajin. Duk da cewa akwai duhun assuba amma class din tar yake da fluorescent light wacce take a kunne. Kallonsa na tsaya yi cikin mamaki. It is the thin tall man. Jallabiya ce a jikin sa ash color sai bakin dogon wando da bakar hula a kansa. Idonsa babu glasses. Ya shigo ya rufe kofar tare da jingina a jikinta, ya ringume hannayensa a kirjisa tamkar mai jin sanyi. Daya bayan daya ya ringa binmu da kallo har idonsa ya kawo kaina, muna hada ido nayi saurin sunkuyar da ido na kasa. Gyaran murya yayi na dago kaina kawai sai naga ya yi min murmushi nima kuma sai na samu kaina da yi masa murmushi. Na sake sunkuyar da kaina kasa a karo na biyu. Ya sake yin gyaran murya tare da cewa "I was asked by the senior master to guide you through your Islamic studies before your mu'allim returns from his pilgrimage" ya tako a hankali ya jingina da jikin board yana facing din mu sannan ya cigaba da cewa "I don't know how you guys do it, do u have a class monitor or something?" Duk muka amsa masa da "yes" sannan ya bukaci da ta tashi tayi masa bayanin yadda tsarin karatun mu yake. Nan Amira ta tashi cikin nutsuwa ta fara yi masa bayani dalla dalla tare da nuna masa time table din mu. Yana sauraronta attentively yana gyada kai alamar fahimta. Sai da ta gama sannan yace " with your permission, I will like to make some changes. Instead of group progression I will like it to be individual so that we will carry everyone along. Because of the time factor, we will add night classes to the early morning ones so that we will have enough time. I will discuss this with your Senior master to see if its OK to have the night classes". Ya zagayo gabana ya dauki alqur'anin da yake bude a gaba na ya duba inda muka tsaya sannan ya mayar ya ajiye yace " I don't think we can start today, the time has already run out, we will insha Allah start tomorrow. Maassalam to u all" duk ajin suka amsa masa da "bissalam" banda ni wacce haka kawai naji na zama uncomportable saboda tsayawar da yayi a kusa da seat dina. Duk iskar da zan shaka sai na shaki kamshin jikinsa da scent din after shave dinsa.