Heartless people

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A former colleague of mine passed on recently due to H1N1 which he seemed to have contracted on his business trip abroad. He died within a days despite the best treatment given to him. He has left behind a young wife and two children who are still in junior school. I had met his wife on a few occasions, she is a timid girl but full of life and happiness. Since they are Muslims the lady hasn't been allowed to speak to anyone for four months. This also includes the fact that she cannot receive calls or make calls. All my efforts at calling her failed. I had almost given up on contacting her when she called me on her own after the four month ban. She explained to me why she couldn't speak to me and also told me about how people have treated her. Between sobs she confided in me that her relatives have told her that she lost her husband because she was too proud of him and since she enjoyed all the liberty her given her. My ex colleague was a good and faithful man. He was so bound by his culture and religion, but he respected his wife and let her enjoy her life within the confines of their religious beliefs She was shattered to know that she had sinned so much that she was punished by the death of her husband. I was at a loss for words to console her. How can people say such mean things to a woman who is hurting after the losing her husband to sudden death? Do they even have a heart? .