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A sparkling secret of charm. He hailed from the Dutsin-Ma local government area in Katsina State, specifically a village called Shema, where both his maternal and paternal relatives originated from. Driven by the destiny of seeking a livelihood through trade, he found himself in Kano city, arriving alone at first before later bringing his wife, Iya Ladi. They were blessed with four children in this world: three boys and one girl.

As the years passed by, Malam Rabi'u's house transformed into a large family home with four distinct sections. Built in the traditional architectural style of the elders, it was spacious enough that all three of his sons secured living quarters for their families within it. By now, Allah had blessed him with grandchildren from the loins of these four children, numbering around twenty-four, including two children from his daughter Marwa, who was married back in Dutsin-Ma.

None of Malam Rabi'u's children received a Western education before reaching maturity, though they possessed a fair amount of religious knowledge. The eldest son, Hamza, was the first to marry his first wife, Ruqayya, whom he went home to marry as a cousin—the daughter of his paternal aunt. Ruqayya moved to Kano with her husband Hamza, living right there in the family compound where he built two rooms and a bathroom enclosed by a fence. Ruqayya enjoyed the pure love of her husband, his parents, and his siblings. Three years into the marriage, Ruqayya became pregnant and subsequently gave birth to a baby girl named Maryam.

Two months after Maryam's birth, Hamza brought up the subject of taking a second wife. Ruqayya’s heart was deeply troubled, and his parents likewise showed outright disapproval. He became deeply distressed because he loved Suwaiba and they had already made marriage promises. He initially tried to exercise patience but failed, so he went back home to Shema to inform Ruqayya’s father of the situation.

Ruqayya’s father came to Kano, where he scolded Ruqayya heavily before offering her counsel. He also met with Hamza’s parents, advising them to exercise patience and let him marry her since he was in love; he reasoned that it was better for him to marry the girl openly than to indulge in illicit behavior elsewhere for peace of mind. Reluctantly, Iya Ladi and her husband agreed to the marriage between Suwaiba and Hamza.

Suwaiba’s parents originally hailed from Danwanau, but they now lived within Kano city. She was completely easygoing; ever since she moved into Hamza's house, she cared for no one else but him. His parents and younger siblings disliked her, openly showing favoritism toward Ruqayya. She suppressed her feelings as though she saw nothing, calming herself and showing obedience to them all. This behavior eventually caused them to start softening toward her, even Ruqayya herself.

Whenever you looked, Maryam was always glued to Suwaiba because she had an immense love for children. Although Ruqayya initially tried to pull her away due to the instigation of Yusha'u's wife, she eventually gave up upon seeing that Suwaiba never harmed Maryam. When Ruqayya was weaning Maryam, Suwaiba took her over and completed the weaning process. From that time on, Maryam's care shifted completely into Suwaiba's hands. Out of respect for her first-born status, Ruqayya let it be.

By the wisdom of Allah, Suwaiba and Ruqayya subsequently began experiencing pregnancy cravings together—Ruqayya for her second, and Suwaiba for her first. They went through their pregnancies together until Allah safely delivered them, though Ruqayya gave birth first to a baby girl named Rahama. About two weeks after the naming ceremony, Suwaiba also gave birth, but hers was a baby boy. On his naming day, her child was named Ahmad.

Suwaiba was a woman of extreme self-restraint (kawaici). Even regarding Ahmad, her behavior remained the same; she treated him almost as if he wasn't her own child, despite loving him dearly. Sometimes he would sit and cry while she ignored him entirely, until Ruqayya would walk in, pick him up, scold Suwaiba, and sometimes even stand over her to ensure she breastfed him.

This intense aloofness of Suwaiba toward Ahmad caused Ruqayya to focus heavily on caring for both him and Rahama. They grew up almost like twins. If you saw Ahmad in Suwaiba's hands, it was only because he was nursing. Maryam, on the other hand, became completely Suwaiba's daughter—acting almost like her mother, while Ruqayya exercised similar restraint toward Maryam, never even speaking her name just as Suwaiba never spoke Ahmad's name.

Thus the children grew up until weaning age, after which Ahmad's care shifted entirely to Ruqayya, just as Maryam remained with Suwaiba. This time around, Ruqayya became pregnant before Suwaiba. When her pregnancy reached about seven months, Suwaiba also began experiencing cravings. In this birth, Ruqayya delivered a girl named Sakina. Ahmad and the others were overjoyed to have a baby sister, even though they were too young to fully understand at the time.

About eight months after Sakina's birth, Suwaiba gave birth to her own daughter, named Raheenat. Children began to fill Malam Muktar's [Rabi'u's] house, so their parental names began to transform: Ruqayya became Ayyah, and Suwaiba became Gwaggo. Starting from Sakina, Ayyah (Ruqayya) stopped having children, while Gwaggo (Suwaiba) continued, giving birth to Mudanseer, Abubakar, Fa'iza, Sadiya, and lasty the baby, Zainab.

From then on, childbearing stopped for her as well. Their children grew up closely bonded; unless you were told, you could never tell whose child belonged to whom. They united in raising their children with good morals, despite facing frequent bouts of hasty jealousy.

As for Hamza's younger brother, Yusha'u, he also had one wife and two children. He built his room within the same compound for his wife and similarly erected a wall around his section just as Hamza had done. He married his wife, Gaje (Bausiyya), around the same time Hamza contracted his second marriage. This caused Gaje to harbor immense jealousy toward Suwaiba, treating her as if they shared the same husband, because everything about Suwaiba's marriage surpassed hers.

She tried to sow discord in the relationship between Suwaiba and Ruqayya so they would gang up and isolate Suwaiba in the house, but Almighty Allah prevented it. There was no form of hypocrisy she didn't try, yet whenever a misunderstanding occurred between them, it never lasted long before they understood each other.

When the care of Maryam shifted to Suwaiba, Gaje fell into deep grief and constantly instigated Ruqayya to take Maryam back, but Allah did not decree it. What further fueled her hatred was Suwaiba giving birth to a baby boy, Ahmad, because Gaje gave birth around the same time, though she had a girl named Binta. Gaje tried to fill Ruqayya with hatred for Ahmad, but it failed, as Ahmad eventually fell entirely under Ruqayya's care.

Realizing she could not successfully ruin the peace between Ruqayya and Suwaiba, Gaje turned her jealousy toward both of them collectively, her daily goal being to torment them or start fights. They, however, completely brushed off her presence as if she didn't exist in the house. Life continued this way until Ilyasu, the third son of Malam Rabi'u, got married.

Ilyasu married his wife Sailuba. As soon as Sailuba moved into the house, Gaje began pulling her to her side and instilling hatred for Ruqayya (Ayyah) in her heart. Gradually, this took root. The two of them isolated themselves, bringing negativity into the house, and eventually began dragging their husbands into it as well.

At this point, the family unity of Malam Rabi'u's household began to shake. His heart was troubled when he realized where the problem was stemming from, so he gathered all four of his children, including Marwanatu, their last-born who was also married in Dutsin-Ma. He descended upon them with heavy scolding and fury regarding their wives' mischief that was destroying their kinship. Their hearts went cold as they clearly recognized their mistakes, and they continuously begged their parents for forgiveness.

Iya Ladi declared that she would never relent until Yusha'u and Ilyasu took additional wives, as she realized the root of the problem lay with their current wives. Immediately, Ilyasu agreed to take another wife, but Yusha'u begged off, stating he had no desire to marry another woman besides Gaje. Iya Ladi retorted that he had no choice—taking another wife was mandatory for him—and gave him three months to find someone.

A few days after this meeting, preparations for Ilyasu's second marriage came up, with a young girl living down their street named Zubaida. After Ilyasu married his second wife, Gaje began inciting Sailuba further, and peace completely broke down between Ilyasu's wives due to Gaje's hypocrisy.

Life continued like this in the family compound until the present day, when the children had all grown into adults, and old age heavily overtook Malam Rabi'u and Iya Ladi, though Iya Ladi remained relatively strong and capable of caring for herself.

Hamza was a poor man who labored hard for daily sustenance, possessing high contentment and refusing to resort to begging. Despite the hardship of labor, he strove to provide food and education for his family, deeply desiring that his children attain a Western education. However, his brothers felt entirely differently; they despised Western education, viewing it merely as a destroyer of children's morals—arguing that if it were good, their parents would have enrolled them too.

Hamza repeatedly sat them down to explain the difference between the modern era and their past one, but they refused to understand, prompting him simply to leave them be. His children attended public government schools like other children, went to Islamiyya in the evenings, and attended Quranic Allo classes at night.

Time passed, and Malam Hamza (Baba) began giving his children away in marriage. Maryam was the first to be taken to her husband's house, followed by Rahama (who grew up as a peer to Ahmad), and then Raheenat. Yusha'u also married off Binta, and a few days after the wedding, announced he was taking another wife.

Chaos erupted from Mama Gaje, who jumped up and declared he had no such right, claiming she was too high-class to live with a co-wife. A massive dispute ensued, leading Yusha'u to divorce Gaje while she was seven months pregnant. This was the cause of Gaje's departure from the house, and he proceeded with his marriage. From then on, they found true peace, and everyone respected one another in the house. Yusha'u's new bride delivered a baby girl a year later named Umm-Rumana.

Baba Hamza's daughters only studied up to junior secondary school (JSS 3) before he married them off. Thus, Ahmad was the first in their household to progress past JSS 3. Ahmad was a handsome boy bearing the striking physical traits of native Katsina Ruma people. Everything about him mirrored his father: hardworking, quiet, and rarely ever seen in a fight. If he ever fought, it meant he had been pushed to his absolute limit because he had a fierce temper when cornered. Whenever he was angry, only Ayyah could easily calm him down.

Ahmad was Ayyah's favorite child. Whatever Ahmad sought and lacked, if Ayyah couldn't afford it, she would strive to buy something comparable. As he grew into a young man, all his personal belongings were kept in her room. Between him and his biological mother, interactions were limited to polite greetings because she felt too shy to even look at her firstborn son.

For a long time, he did not know Ayyah wasn't his biological mother, and even when he found out, he didn't mind. What baffled him was his mother's aloofness, as she never relaxed around him. Though it initially bothered him, as he matured, he realized it wasn't out of a lack of love, but rather Hausa cultural custom—just as Ayyah never openly fussed over Maryam, leaving everything to Gwaggo.

When Ahmad was in Junior Secondary 1, he and Samina crossed paths. As he and Maryam were walking home from school, they found children engaged in a street fight in an alley. Maryam tried to separate them but failed, prompting Ahmad to pull out a small whip and lash their buttocks, forcing them to disperse while rubbing their crying bodies.

Only one young girl among them turned her anger toward Ahmad for hitting them. He stood staring at her in shock; she was barely seven years old, give or take a few months. She threw a fierce tantrum, demanding compensation for the beating, grabbing his shirt hem, and striking him with her small hand. He found it amusing and just watched her. When Rahama pulled her away and tapped her head, the girl grew even more furious, screaming at them and hurling insults.

Shocked by her impudence, they walked away while she continued cursing them. The next day on their way to school, they encountered the same girl whose name they didn't know. Rolling her eyes upon seeing Ahmad, she picked up a stone and threw it right at his forehead, instantly drawing blood.

He had to be rushed to the clinic from school, while the girl fled home and vanished. Four days later, after recovering, Ahmad encountered the same girl on the road while she was fighting again. He stood watching her, noting she simply wouldn't listen. Spotting him, she bolted to run away, but he caught her. She burst into tears, begging him to forgive her.

He glared at her, vowing to avenge the bleeding wound she had caused him. She cried, jumping up and down as she begged for mercy, while he just watched her. Realizing she wouldn't settle down, he said, "Look, calm down, I've dropped the revenge."

She paused, wiping her tears, and asked, "Did you really forgive me?" He nodded in assent. That calmed her down. She reached out, touching his bandaged wound with a pitiful look of sympathy. He pulled her hand away with a smile and asked, "What is your name?" "Samina," she replied, her mind still fixed on his wounded forehead. "A nice name," he said, rising and taking her hand. He walked her into the school, asking what class she was in, dropped her off right inside her primary school classroom, and gave her a one-kobo coin from his three-naira savings given by Ayyah.

From that day on, Samina began coming to Ahmad every day. Though Rahama and the others initially tried to chase her away, they eventually stopped as a deep bond slowly grew between them. Eventually, Ahmad learned where Samina lived; they lived in the same neighborhood, though on different streets. The distance between Ahmad's school and Samina's house was short, though Ahmad's actual home was a bit farther from the school.

So they stuck together. Whenever Samina came to school, she would wait outside until Ahmad arrived—since the primary section was close to the secondary section. He would take her by the hand, walk her to her class, and hand her a kobo coin from his savings.

This deep bond led Ahmad to discover Samina's true identity, which he hadn't known: she was his own blood relative. Samina was the daughter of Mama Gaje, the former wife of Yusha'u (Hamza's younger brother) whom he had divorced while pregnant. After leaving, she gave birth to Samina and later married someone in Bauci. When Samina was a baby, that marriage collapsed, she ended it, and returned to Kano with Samina because her former husband had seized her other children.

Once everyone in the house realized this, they began welcoming Samina warmly. Meanwhile, Ahmad relentlessly begged his uncle Yusha'u to bring Mama Gaje (Samina's mother) back into the house for the sake of Allah. With Ahmad's help, pulling strings through Iya Ladi, Mama Gaje was brought back to live in their compound. Thus, Samina and Ahmad found themselves under the same roof.

This time around, Mama Gaje returned with a calculated plan, managing to completely win over everyone's heart, especially Malam Rabi'u and Iya Ladi. Her return brought a new dynamic to the household, though everyone exercised restraint out of politeness since children were now grown. With Ahmad's help, all the young children in their house managed to enroll in school, especially since Samina was doing well despite not growing up in the house.

Eventually, Samina entered the same secondary school (which accommodated both boys and girls), strengthening their bond to an astonishing degree. She was in JSS 1 while he was in SS 5, but they were inseparable. This led his friends to start calling him "Shahrukh Khan, the king of romance" [laughing emoji, pen emoji]...

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(2) He would just laugh, because back then it wasn't yet romantic love, even though it had already captured them without their knowing. From being acquaintances and friends, it slowly morphed into a powerful, deep romance. Everyone in the family knew about it, and though Ahmad's mothers weren't thrilled due to Mama Gaje's wicked nature, what could they do against the decree of Allah? They simply turned a blind eye and prayed that Samina wouldn't inherit her mother's bad traits.

After completing secondary school, Ahmad began following his father to the market to assist in selling men's fabrics and caps. However, his father advised him that it would be much better to learn an actual trade, such as tailoring or something similar. Ahmad agreed wholeheartedly and enrolled in a tailoring shop in the back alley near Samina's school.

This proximity brought them even closer. Every day, Ahmad and Samina walked from home together; he would drop her off at school and proceed to his shop. When school let out, he would pause his work, walk her home, or she would swing by his shop before heading inside. The other apprentices would laugh at them, noting how young they were—surely too young for marriage.

When Baba realized this youthful distraction, he scolded Ahmad sternly and forbade him from letting Samina visit his shop after school hours. Ahmad obeyed, though Samina occasionally sneaked around to visit, especially on weekends.

After spending a year as an apprentice, he graduated, having shown immense diligence and skill. Ayyah broke open her piggy bank (savings box) funded by her petty trading profits and bought him a sewing machine. He and his family were overjoyed. A back door was cut into one of the rooms in the compound to serve as his shop. He began tailoring men's fabrics for Baba to sell at the market, handling custom orders, and even dabbling slightly in women's wear despite not being fully trained in it.

Gradually, his skills expanded to women's tailoring as well, and business flourished. He began supporting his household financially and heavily catering to Samina's educational and daily needs. Seeing that he had established a stable foundation, he resolved to return to school. With everyone's full support, he applied and successfully gained admission into Bayero University Kano (B.U.K), thanks to his excellent academic credentials and a time when the cost of living was relatively manageable.

2. Summary

This Hausa fiction excerpt portrays the multigenerational life, conflicts, and bonds within a large traditional family compound in Kano, originally tracing back to Shema, Katsina State. Headed by aging patriarch Malam Rabi'u and matriarch Iya Ladi, the home accommodates his sons—Hamza, Yusha'u, and Ilyasu—along with their respective wives and numerous children.

A central storyline follows Hamza's first wife, Ruqayya (Ayyah), and his second wife, Suwaiba (Gwaggo). Despite initial tensions and external interference from jealous co-wives like Gaje, Ruqayya and Suwaiba form a unique cooperative bond, implicitly swapping motherly duties by raising each other's children (with Suwaiba raising Maryam and Ruqayya raising Ahmad).

The narrative heavily zooms in on Ahmad (Hamza's son) and Samina (Gaje's daughter). Starting from a comical, hostile childhood encounter where a young Samina hurls a stone and wounds Ahmad's forehead, a deep childhood friendship blossoms into a lasting teenage romance. Despite the notoriety and wicked reputation of Samina’s mother, Gaje, Ahmad and Samina's bond withstands family skepticism. The text concludes with Ahmad mastering tailoring with the help of Ayyah, achieving financial independence, supporting his family, and successfully gaining university admission into B.U.K.

3. Description

• Setting: A traditional, sprawling family compound (gida babu) in Kano city, Nigeria, featuring distinct partitioned sections for different households, alongside nearby neighborhood streets and schools.
• Themes: Polygamous family dynamics, co-wife rivalry (kishi), unconventional co-parenting, deep-seated kinship, youthful romance, perseverance, and the transition from trade apprenticeship to higher education.
• Literary Style: Contemporary Hausa popular fiction (Littattafan Soyayya) known for rich emotional descriptions, domestic realism, detailed character web generation, and serialized promotional hooks.

4. Analytics

5. Comments

• Cultural Authenticity: The text vividly reflects Northern Nigerian societal norms, including traditional naming customs (titles like Ayyah and Gwaggo replacing first names), neighborhood communal life, apprenticeship culture (sana'a), and family-arranged interventions in marital disputes.
• Narrative Strength: The unconventional sharing of children (Ahmad raised by Ruqayya, Maryam raised by Suwaiba) adds a touching layer of emotional depth that defies typical toxic co-wife stereotypes often found in regional drama.
• Promotional Integration: The excerpt seamlessly shifts into a commercial book plug for prominent contemporary Hausa authors (Mamuh Gee, Hafsat Rano, Safiya Huguma, Billyn Abdul, and Miss Xoxo), highlighting the vibrant commercial publishing ecosystem of Littattafan Soyayya.

6. Conclusions

• The Triumph of Resilience and Unity: Despite the continuous efforts of toxic elements like Gaje to fracture family peace, the compound ultimately stabilizes through firm patriarchal intervention (Malam Rabi'u), maternal resilience, and the unifying efforts of the younger generation.
• Growth and Upward Mobility: Ahmad's journey from a disciplined apprentice tailoring men's clothing to a self-made entrepreneur funding his own education and entering Bayero University Kano (B.U.K) serves as a core message of hope, hard work, and the rewards of perseverance.
• Enduring Bonds: Childhood connections forged through trials (such as Ahmad and Samina's rocky start) can mature into powerful, enduring partnerships when anchored in mutual respect and care.

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