OP1 week ago
Dammam ke ek purane mohalle mein Arif naam ka ek AC technician rehta tha. Middle class family, char pyaare pyaare bache, aur ek wafa daar biwi jo ghar aur bachon ko apni jaan ki tarah sambhalti thi. Arif ki shop mohalle mein achi chal rahi thi — char naukar kaam karte the, monthly income theek thaak thi, aur zindagi araam se guzar rahi thi.
Har raat 9 baje jab Arif thak haar ke ghar aata, biwi garam khana table pe laga deti. Dinner ke baad thodi der TV, dekhta, phir kuch der bachon ke sath time guzarta, aur phir jab sab so jaate. Arif sofa pe baith kar phone kholta aur ghanto Facebook pe scroll karta rehta. Yehi uska time pass tha.
Ek din Arif ko online ek divorced lady mili, usse baat shuru hui, phir daily hone lagi. Late night jab biwi kamre se aati aur bolti "Arif, ko chalo sojao subah kaam pe jaana hai," to wo bolta han araha hun tum sojao main aata hun." Ghanto phone pe baatein, Arif ki duniya badalne lagi.
Kuch mahino baad dono ne shadi ka plan bana liya. Arif ne 15 din ki chutti nikali. Biwi ko ek nayi kahani sunayi ke main sonch raha tha India jaana wahan apna ek plot pada hai, uska rate abhi accha raha hai, sell karke paise le aata hun." Biwi khush hui, "Bilkul jao, ye to accha idea hai."
Arif ne ticket kataya aur India pohancha aur plot ka tu kuch nai kara par seedha us divorced lady se mila, aur teen din ke andar nikah kar liya, aur 15 din stay karke wapas Dammam agaya, aur rent pe ek chota sa flat bhi leliya tha Dammam main first wife ke flat se 1 km dur le rakha tha. Second wife ko promise karke aaya, "Bahut jald tumhe Dammam bulaunga."
Dammam wapas aake usne chupke se visit visa nikala, aur agle mahine second wife bhi Dammam pohanch gayi. Ab Arif ki double life shuru hui.
Jis din second wife aane wali thi Arif ne apni first wife ko kaha mujhe kuch kaam se Jeddah jana hai, do din mein aa jaunga," — first wife ko yehi bolke Arif do din second wife ke sath guzarta, phir wapas ghar. First wife ko koi shak bhi nahi hua — mard hai, kaam ki wajah se aata jaata rehta hai.
Har Jumma ki asar ke baad Arif apni first wife ke sath mohalle ki masjid mein dars sunne jaata tha. Wahan first wife ki saheliyaan bhi aati thin — sab ek dusre ko jaanti thin.
Ek Jumma Arif ne apni second wife ko dars ke liye le gaya shayad ye sochke ke koi pehchaneta nahi. Kuch ladies ne poocha second wife se apko pahele bar dekhre hai, second wife ne kaha haan. phir wo ladies ne pucha Aap ke husband ka naam kya hai, kya karte hain?" Second wife ne kaha "Arif, AC ka kaam karte hain." Ladies ek dusre ka mun taakne lagi, magar us waqt khamosh reh gayi.
Do hafte se first wife dars pe nahi aa rahi thi. Ek saheli ne phone kiya, "Kahan ho tum, sab theek hai?" Usne kaha, "Bachon ke exams the, tabiyat bhi kuch theek nahi thi, agle Jumma zaroor aungi."
Udhar ek raat Arif apni second wife ko lekar bahar khaana khilane ja raha tha. Ussi waqt Arif ke ek purane dost ki biwi ne unhe dekh liya. Ghar aake husband se boli, "Wo Arif bhai the na?" Dost ne kaha, "Haan wohi the." Biwi ne kaha, "Aur wo burqa wali unke sath kaun thi?" Dost ne kaha, uski wife hogi aur kaun." Biwi ne foran roka, "Nahi ji, Arif bhai ki wife to healthy hain, ye to bahut dubli patli lag rahi thi."
Arif ka second flat first wife ke ghar se sirf 1 km door tha — bilkul same ilaake mein, matlab pakde jaane ka pura risk.
Agle din dost ne khud Arif ko chai pe bulaya aur seedha poocha, "Yaar sach batao, us raat kaun thi tere sath?" Arif ka rang uda. Chup ho gaya. Phir dheere se boliya, "Yaar, maine dusri shadi kar li hai… kisi ko mat bolna, plz."
Magar raaz jab do dilon se nikal jaye, wo raaz nahi rehta. Dost ne usi raat apni biwi ko bata diya. Biwi ne pehle ek saheli ko phone kiya, phir doosri ko, phir teesri ko — aur subah hote hote pura ladies ka group jaan chuka tha. Aur Jumma se pehle hi ye baat first wife ke kaano tak pohanch gayi.
Phir kya tha… ghar mein qayamat aa gayi. Bachon ke saamne rone dhone, chikhna chillana. Ye ladai poore 15 din chali. Usi doraan dars ki ladies ne second wife ko bhi bata diya ke, ye admi already shaadi shuda hai, char bache hain."
Second wife ne bhi Arif se bahut fight ki, "Tumne mujhe dhoka diya!" Ek raat first wife ne Arif ka ko ghar se bahar nikal diya aur darwaza andar se band kar liya, "Ab apni us naye ke paas hi raho!" Arif seedha second wife ke flat pahoncha. Wahan bhi wohi manzar second wife ne bhi darwaza mun pe band kar diya.
Ab Arif kahaan jaata? Building ki stairs pe hi baith gaya, sar haathon mein liye, aankhon mein bebasi. Ittefaq se ussi building ke 3rd floor pe mohalle ki masjid ke Imam Sahab rehte the, aur Arif ka doosra flat 1st floor pe tha. Raat ke 1 baje Imam Sahab building mein daakhil hue to Arif ko stairs pe baithe dekha.
Beta, itni raat ko yahan kya kar rahe ho?"
Arif ki aankh se aansu beh nikle. Usne saari kahani Imam Sahab ke saamne rakh di — jhoot, dhoka, do shaadiyaan, aur ab dono ghar se nikaala.
Imam Sahab ne thodi der khamoshi se suna, phir kaha, ab ek hi raasta hai. Second wife ko India wapas bhej do. Apne pehle ghar ki taraf lauto, tauba karo. Do kashtiyon mein safar karne wala kahin ka nahi rehta."
Agli subah Arif ne second wife ko bola, "Tumhe wapas India bhej raha hun." Wo bhadak gayi, "Itni asaani se nahi jaungi. Mujhe 10 lakh do, phir jaungi."
Arif ke haath paon phool gaye. Itne paise the hi nahi. Magar second wife ne saaf mana kar diya. Aakhir Arif ne mohalle ke logon se, dost aur rishtedaar se karza lekar bade mushkil se 10 lakh jama kiye, second wife ke haath mein rakhe, aur usko India ki flight pe bitha diya.
Jaise hi wo India pohanchi, kuch hi dino mein Arif ne usse talaq bhi bhej di.
Ab Arif apni first wife ke paas wapas aa gaya tha… magar ghar mein wo izzat khatam ho chuki thi jo pehle thi. Biwi ne apnaya to sirf bachon ki khatir. Bache ab bade the sab kuch samajhte the. Baap se seedhi nazar milana bhi mushkil ho gaya tha. Har baar jab wo Arif ko dekhte, unki aankhon mein wohi ek sawaal hota "Abbu, aap ne aisa kyun kiya?"
Karza utaarne mein kai saal lage. Shop bhi pehle jaisi nahi chali. Facebook ka wo account Arif ne khud delete kar diya — magar jo waqt guzar chuka tha wo wapas nahi aaya.
Isliye buzurg keh gaye hain — "Do kashtiyon mein safar karne wala doobta hai." Jo Allah ne diya hai usme shukr karo, warna jo hai wo bhi haath se nikal jaata hai.
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