Running is Ayb, Just Be Late

Two cases of running is ayb have been posted on the Yemen Hijrah blog. You can read them here (running is ayb; Yemen) and here (security issues).

Today I will narrate the first ever case of “running is ayb, just be late” of our sister who just doesn’t get it: DON’T RUN – SAFETY HAZARD!!!

It was a fine sunny day in Sydney and our sister was accompanying her friend and her mother to the city for a doctor’s appointment, however, once at the train station, our sister realised that she had left her wallet in the car.

“Quick! Run! We don’t want to be late!” was the unanimous call, so our sister ran fast, and masha Allah she was a good runner so it was nothing at all for her to bolt up the hill to fetch her wallet out of the car.

As she attempted to open the car door with a bent key, she noticed her wallet on the ground beside the car door. “Alhamdulillah!!!” she exclaimed and quickly retrieved her wallet and brushed off the dirt and leaves.

As she turned to run back to the train station, an unmarked policed car pulled over beside her and five police officers jumped out ordering her to not move. Having had no prior incidents with police, she didn’t realise how hard up they were, especially against Muslims, and especially hijabi or beard wearing Muslims who take to running at pace near train stations. So, she did move, and the police shouted at her again not to move and one pulled out his gun.

So she didn’t move this time and one of the police officers gave her a quick pat down weapon check and asked for ID.

The only photo ID the sister had on her was a government employee ID card. Although the date on the card was still valid, the sister had since resigned from the job due to conflicting interests.

Once the police saw this Government ID card, they lightened up and even laughed. One asked, “why were you running so fast just now?” to which the sister replied, “so I won’t be late.”

The policeman grinned and said, “looks like you’re gonna be late mate!”
Sure thing! Running is ayb - just be late.

(just for the record, it happens that the day that his event occurred was “National Terrorism Day”. Great timing sister!)