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After their father died and the doctor said he died of natural causes, the shroud revealed the secret.

After their father did not, and the doctor said that it was not normal, the shroud revealed the secret.
Before we begin our story, I introduce you to our heroine, her name is Sahar. She is 30 years old, married, and lives far from her father’s house. One day, her brother Hassan called her and said to her, “
Come now, Sahar, because your father has not come to say goodbye to him for the last time.”
Sahar broke down and kept walking away, saying, “
Your father is dead, Hassan.” How come I was still talking to him yesterday and he was completely fine.
Hassan
I don’t know, Sahar. We woke up today in the morning and when we came to wake him up, we found him dead. We don’t know what happened.
A little later, Sahar went to them and said to them,
“Your father, how come I spoke to him yesterday and he was completely fine. Is anyone upset, Hassan?
Hassan,
no one did anything. Yesterday, Sahar, your father was complaining of a headache.” Me and your sisters, each one of us went out to his apartment, and then in the morning we came to wake him up and found him gone « What did we do wrong, Sahar? »
Sahar asked
. « And what did the doctor who examined him say? What caused his death? There must be a reason, »
her brother Fawzi replied. « 
The doctor told us he died a natural death. You know your father was over sixty, so it was a natural death. He wrote in the report that it was a drop in blood pressure. »
Sahar exclaimed
, « My dear father, he was fine! He wanted to get married, Fawzi! Didn’t he tell any of you he wanted to get married? He used to tell me to find him a bride! »
Her third brother, Walid, cried and said, « 
May God have mercy on him, Sahar. He didn’t like doctors. He was perfectly healthy. We don’t know what happened to him so suddenly.
 » Hassan
said, « That’s enough, kids. May God have mercy on him and grant him peace. Come on, Fawzi, let’s go find the man who will wash your father’s body and bring him with us so we can bury him before it gets dark, because your father didn’t like the dark, kids. »
Fawzi said,
« No, Hassan, we’re the ones who… » We’ll wash our father ourselves; we won’t bring a stranger to wash him. We’re not children to need someone else to wash him.
Walid
said, « Yes, Hassan, Fawzi’s right. We’re his children; we’ll wash him, and we won’t let a stranger come near our father. Let’s go. »
The three of them got the shroud and finished washing and shrouding their father. They took him out, and Sahar said, « 
I want to kiss him, Hassan. Let me see him one last time, please. »
Hassan
said, « That’s enough, Sahar. May God have mercy on your father. He’s in the abode of truth now. Pray for him, my dear, pray for him. Come on, Fawzi, help me carry
him. » Hassan, Fawzi, Walid, and their sister’s husband carried him to the cemetery. One of the neighbors said to them, « 
There is no power nor strength except with God. May God have mercy on you, Abu Hassan. He was a kind man and never raised his voice with anyone. No one ever heard him speak. »
Another woman said to her, « 
But it’s strange that he died so suddenly. The man was in perfect health. I saw him yesterday, and he greeted me and seemed fine. »
The neighbor said
, « By God, Umm Mustafa, and who’s listening, my sister? But the doctor says he had a drop in blood pressure, maybe because of his age and all that. He was about sixty years old, so he was practically dead,
Umm Mustafa.
But Haj Abu Hassan was always smiling, and you couldn’t tell his age. He didn’t like going to doctors or hospitals or anything. We’ve known him for a long time. »
The neighbor

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