My name is Sabreen, currently I'm living in Killeen, TX with my kitty Mano (Lovely) & a Chihuahua named Prince. Mano & I have had to make some sacrifices in order to get where we are today. Prince is a new addition that I would like to give to a new home as soon as possible. I'm a 45 year old Muslimah, I came to Islam a week after my birthday April 2008, hamdullah. Currently I am married but my husband abandoned me after 2 weeks of marriage & is back home in Pakistan refusing to help me in any way.
I will not tell you the name of my husband, it's not important & he will pay for what he has done to me either in this lifetime or the next, besides I have things I wouldn't want the whole world to know. In late November or early December of 2015 I began talking to this Pakistani brother about the possibility of marriage. He presented himself as a patient, loving, honorable, well established business man. His wife of 25 years passed away in December 2014, may Allah grant her paradise, & they had 5 children, 3 sons, 2 daughters. Since his wife passed he focused so much on his 2 businesses that his children began to harass him to find another wife.
He came to meet me & the people most important to me in February of this year. The visit was fine until I took him to meet an immigration lawyer in San Antonio. After that he sent me back to my Mom's place in Fort Worth under the pretext that he needed to concentrate on his business & I would be a distraction. The following Monday he checked out of the hotel where we stayed, blocked me on Facebook, & from every other form of communication. We made up by the time it was time for him to go back home. I cried when I dropped him off at the airport.
When he returned home he drove me crazy trying to locate a place for us to start our lives together. Right before he came back to Texas we had decided on Chicago because he told me he had friends there that were willing to help but by the time we got married in May he changed it to Houston. Now, I used to live in Houston in the 90s, in fact that's where my daughters were born, but I hate Houston! We went there after I found us a room to rent because that's where my husband wanted to live.
When we first arrived there he attempted to find employment but after a week he stopped. He spent his days sitting on his laptop in the room after that.
I was trying to sign up to drive for Uber in Houston but the requirements the city has for drivers with ride sharing companies cost money & I spent all of my money. Apparently he started running out of money because he refused to spend money on anything, not even to get his drivers license. The hours he was spending on his laptop "working" wasn't producing any money. On June 15th he left for New York, I went to my Mom's, & the next day he started sending me messages that he wanted a divorce.
He's back home in Pakistan refusing to help me unless I complete the divorce. In the meantime I've had to move every month for 5 months in a row since I've married him. My electricity was finally turned back on after being off for 2 days because I couldn't pay the other half of the deposit. There are days in September & October that I've gone hungry. I lost my t.v. because I had to pawn it so I can eat. Hamdullah, Allah is most merciful. Both my family & the Ummah have helped me.
So here we are. I'm trying to find other employment because I feel like I'm chasing money driving for Lyft in Austin. I would benefit more from a steady paycheck. Last night some rude passengers stole a jar full of snacks there were meant to be for all of my passengers.
Please keep me in your duas as I attempt to become stable & rely solely on Allah for all my needs.
