Story - Novel Finding Freedom

New England, 1860
Gillian looked around thedinner table. All the guests seemed to be
enjoying themselves, all except Gillian. She was visiting her Aunt Sophia
and Uncle Charles for the Christmas season, a very boring Christmas season.
She focused her attention on the guest to her left, Lady Christina Lowry.
She was laughing at a joke her Uncle Charles had just told and the merriment
on her face was plainly visible, but Gillian knew that beneath that mask of
happiness, Lady Christina was just as bored as she. Gillian clenched her fists
against the soft blue velvet of her gown and tried to stifle a yawn. She
guessed that she had not done so well in hiding her weariness when her
Aunt Sophia
turned and looked at her.
"Is something wrong dear?" Aunt Sophia asked.
"No Aunt Sophia, I'm just feeling a little weary from the days
activities." Gillian
replied with a feigned smile.
"Well my dear, why don't you go on upstairs and turn in for the
night." heraunt suggested.
"Yes of course Aunt." She said curtly and bid everyone good night.
Gillian rushed
up the stairs to her quaint bedroom conveniently named the Lilac room.
The paneled walls
were painted in a refreshing lilac that reminded Gillian of the sky in
the early dawn hours
of the morning at her home. The four poster bed was covered with a
darker purple comforter of
silk that matched the fabric covering the cushion on the window seat.
The white oak furniture
fit the dainty room perfectly and housed justenough space for her
belongings. Gillian called
her maid, Leise, into the room to help her undress. It seemed like
forever before Gillian was
finally in her nightgown, feeling so sleepy that she might collapse.
She lit thecandles in
the room and sat down on the window seat. She gazed out upon the land,
admiring the rolling hills
covered in a blanket of snow. The moon peaked out behind the
Appalachian Mountains much like a
child peeking sheepishly from underneath its blanket. It was beautiful
all right, but it was not
home, a place where Gillian desperately wanted to be.
Aunt Sophia found her niece asleep with a book in her hands later that
night. She pried the book
from Gillian's hands and winced when she saw the calluses. She snorted
disdainfully and snuffed the
candles in the room. "Youread too much dear" she whispered
disappointingly as she walked out of
the room. Gillian's aunt walked into the library and sat across from
her husband. "She's not getting
any better you know, Charles."
"Whatever do you mean darling?"
"Charles, open your eyes! Did you see her at dinner? She looked more
out of place than water in a desert!
She's almost a shame to have in the family." Gillian's aunt said wearily.
"Oh shush Sophia. She'll become more accustomed to our ways, she's still young."
"Young? Gillian's sixteen years old, she should be married by now and
withchildren of her own! This all
could have been prevented if her father-"
"Sophia, we promised not to talk about this. My brother did what he
thought was best for his daughter,
this is not his fault." Charles said.
"The hell it isn't, Charles! Your brother didn't even send Gillian to
a girl's school for heaven's sake!
Lord only knows he had the money, but he had torun of to Wyoming with
that Hispanic wife of his, what's
her name, Maria? I wouldn't be surprised if she knew more of that
Spanish language than proper English!"
Gillian's aunt exclaimed. Charles stared at his wife,his cold gray
eyes seemed to penetrate her very soul.
"I am through discussing this Sophia. I will not losemy niece because
of yourdistaste for her father and
my brother. You know the situation as well as I do, nothing can be
done, yet." He bitterly replied.
"Good night, [i]wife[/i]" he sneered and with the slamming of the
heavy maple door, he was gone.
Chapter 2
Gillian awoke early that next morning almost looking forward to
spending the day with her aunt and
uncle…almost. She called to Leise to help her dress and within ten
minutes, Gillian was dressed in
her burgundy riding habit and her rich velvet cape to ward of the
bitterly cold winter wind.She bid
the butler, George, a cheerful good morning as she walked to the
beautifully carved front door.
George opened the door and bowed and wished Gillian a wonderful
morning ride in his thick Scottish accent.
Gillian blushed profusely and smiled at the butler, and once again he
bowed knowing that it was this action
that embarrassed her, forshe was not accustomed to being treated so highly.
Gillian walked to the stables and asked the stable boy to saddle up
Snowflake, her beautiful white horse.
Snowflake was Gillian's prized possession and she loved her more than
life itself. She received Snowflake
from her stepmother, Maria and her father for her thirteenth birthday.
Maria traded her favoritegold
necklace encrusted with jade for the horse, an action Gillian knew
that had come from the heart.Gillian
was jarred from her memories by the sound of hooves clopping on the
hard wooden floor. She smiled at the
sound and reached out to stroke Snowflakes soft white mane. She got on
Snowflake and nudged her into a
slow trot until they both got outside. Gillian then dug her heels into
Snowflake to tell her thatit was
time fly. Snowflake started into a gallop and Gillian felt herself
relax, she felt herself shed the shackles
that her aunt and uncle subjected her too in that grand house. She was
truly herself when she was riding Snowflake.
Gillian was not being hounded by her aunt to perfect her manners and
act like a lady, her dear Uncle Charles was not
badgering her with current news, and she was not being chastised by
her aunt for reading. She was truly alone in the
vast wilderness, or so shethought. Unbeknownst toboth Gillian, she was
being watched by a pair of beautiful green eyes.

Jinn, witchcraft ,evil eye -, There is a jinni in his house .

I was living in flat in sharjah,after some month passed i realised the
fingure print with blood was on the wall and on the floor and the same
day the noise started coming, so i left that flat and move to another
one, in that alsothe same thing happened, then i send my family back
hone, now i am staying with my freind,their also i realise the noise,
but if i stayed alone, then it trouble me lot, i used to prayer 5 time
and receit the quran in morning and while going to bed iread shura
al-muzzammil 7 time & shura al-mulk. Now slowing its reducing. Please
could u tell me what step i should take.
Praise be to Allaah.
These noises and actionsmay come from the jinn. The jinn are part of
the creation of Allaah whoseexistence we must believe in, because
Allaah mentions them in many verses of the Qur'aan, and there is even
a soorah named forthem, namely Soorat al-Jinn. Their existence isa
matter upon which there is consensus.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
All nations believe in the jinn and they have had many encounters with
them, which it would take too long to describe. No one denies the
existence of the jinn except for a very few ignorant philosophers and
doctors and the like.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 19/32
Their powers are greaterthan those of man, as Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"An 'Ifreet (strong one) from the jinn said: "I willbring it [the
throne of the Queen of Saba'] to you before you rise fromyour place"
[al-Naml 27:39]
There was a great distance between Sulaymaan (peace be upon him) and
the Queen of Saba' (Sheba).
Allaah has enabled the jinn to change shape and to fly, etc, but
despite their great powers they have no control over the righteous
slaves of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, My slaves (i.e. thetrue believers of Islamic Monotheism) —
you have no authority over them. And All-Sufficient is your Lord as a
Guardian"
[al-Isra' 17:65]
"And he (Iblees - Satan) had no authority over them, except that We
might test him who believes in the Hereafter,from him who is in doubt
about it"
[Saba' 34:21]
Even the Shaytaan acknowledged this and said:
"[Iblees (Satan)] said: 'O my Lord! Because You misled me, I shall
indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I
shall mislead them all.
Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them'"
[al-Hijr 15:39-40 – interpretation of the meaning]
Rather he has control over those people who agree with his kufr and
follow him willingly, as Allaah tells us (interpretation of the
meaning):)
"Certainly, you shall haveno authority over My slaves, except those
whofollow you of the Ghaawoon (Mushrikoon and those who go astray,
criminals, polytheists, and evildoers)"
[al-Hijr 15:42]
Allaah may give them [the jinn] power over believers because of their
sins, as the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Allaah is with the qaadi (judge) so long as he is not unjust; if he
is unjust then Allaah has nothing to do with him and will cause the
Shaytaan to stay with him." Narrated by al-Haakim and al-Bayhaqi;
classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 1823.
The Muslim must, above all else, arm himself withthe weapon of faith
and righteous deeds, for these are the best provision he may have and
the best means of foiling the plots of the devils among mankind and
the jinn.
You have to strengthen your relationship with Allaah, for He is the
One on Whom you should depend. Remember Allaah a great deal in all
situations, and strive to keep your tongue busy constantly with dhikr
(remembrance of Allaah). No one can find any better protection against
the Shaytaan than the remembrance of Allaah. It was narratedin a
saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) that Allaah enjoined five things upon Yahya ibn Zakariya, which
he was to do and to command the Children of Israel to do, one of which
was: "I command you to remember Allaah, for thelikeness of that is
that of a man whose enemy comes after him, until hecomes to a strong
fortress where he protects himself from him. Similarly, a person
cannot protect himself against the Shaytaan except by remembering
Allaah." Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
Constantly recite the dhikrs narrated from theProphet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), such as the dhikr when entering
thetoilet, when having intercourse, when hearing the braying of a
donkey, when entering the house, in the morning and the evening, when
going to sleep, and in other circumstances and at other times for
which a specific dhikr has been narrated from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him).
These dhikrs have been compiled in books such as al-Adhkaar by
al-Nawawi, al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Ibn Taymiyah, and Husn al-Muslim by
al-Qahtaani [the later is available with English transliteration and
translation under the title "Fortress of the Muslim – Invocations from
the Qur'an and Sunnah", published by Darussalam, Riyadh – Translator].
You should also read a lot of Qur'aan in the house, especially Soorat
al-Baqarah. Ahmad (7762) and Muslim (780) narrated from Abu Hurayrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Do not make your houses
(like) graveyards,for the Shaytaan flees from a house in which Soorat
al-Baqarah is read."
You should also purify your house of everything in which there is
disobedience towards Allaah, such as keeping images and dogs. Abu
Talhah (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The angels do not
enter a house in which there is adog or an image." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari,3322; Muslim, 2106.
If there are no angels in the house, it will becomea dwelling for the devils.
With regard to reading Soorat al-Muzzammil and al-Mulk when going to
sleep, there are reports that indicate that it is mustahabb to recite
Soorat al-Mulk before sleeping. Al-Tirmidhi (2892) narrated from
Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) used not to sleep until he has
recitedAlif-Laam-Meem Tanzeel (al-Sajdah) and Tabaarak alladhi bi
yadihi'l-mulk (Soorat al-Mulk). Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
With regard to Soorat al-Muzzammil, there is no report to indicate
that it is mustahabb to recite it when going to sleep. And Allaah
knows best.Dough - clear -,

Jinn, witchcraft ,evil eye -, She predicts things that are almost true and they think that she has knowledge of the unseen .

There is a woman who claims to worship Allaah sincerely, and that
whilstshe is asleep she is visited by a man wearing a white gown who
walks around her, then the next morning she predicts things that are
almost true. The people know of her and they have started to visither
and they say that shehas knowledge of the unseen, but no one knows the
unseen except Allaah. What is the ruling on this woman? What do you
advise us to do?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for anyone to claim to have knowledge of the
unseen. The one who makes such a claim is a kaafir. And it is not
permissible to believe that anyone has knowledge of the unseen. The
one who believes that is also a kaafir.
Allaah has told us that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) does not haveknowledge of the unseen, and that the jinn do
not have knowledge of the unseen.
What we are referring tohere is the unseen in absolute terms, which no
one knows except Allaah. As for the relativeunseen - which some people
know and others do not - some people may find a way to know this, so
we have to find out how they know it; some may find out by spying and
some may find out through the jinn. Both are ways which it is
forbidden for us to use.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
Do the jinn have knowledge of the unseen?
He replied:
The jinn do not have knowledge of the unseen because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allaah"
[al-Naml 27:65]
"Then when We decreeddeath for him [Sulaymaan (Solomon)], nothing
informed them (jinn) of his death excepta little worm of the earth
which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down,
the jinn saw clearly that if they had known the Unseen, they would not
have stayed in the humiliating torment"
[Saba' 34:14]
So whoever claims to have knowledge of the unseen is a kaafir, and
whoever believes the one who claims to have knowledge of the unseen is
also a kaafir, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allaah"
[al-Naml 27:65]
No one knows what is unseen in the heavens and the earth except Allaah
alone. Those who claim to have knowledge of the unseen future are all
fortunetellers, and it is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to afortuneteller and asks
him (about anything), his prayer will not be accepted from him for
forty days." And if he believes him then he is akaafir because if he
believes that he has knowledge of the unseen, then he has disbelieved
in the wordsof Allaah (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allaah"
[al-Naml 27:65].
Majmoo' Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 1 Shawwaal, no. 115.
And Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked
about the ruling on one who claims to have knowledge of the unseen. He
replied:
The ruling on one who claims to have knowledge of the unseen is that
he is a kaafir, because he has disbelieved in Allaah. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen)
except Allaah, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected"
[al-Naml 27:65]
If Allaah has commandedHis Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) to proclaim to all that no one in the heavens or
onearth has knowledge of the unseen except Allaah, then whoever claims
to have knowledge of the unseen has denied what Allaah has told us
here.
We say to them: How canyou possibly have knowledge of the unseen when
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not have
knowledge of the unseen? Are you better or the Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him)? If they say, "We are better than the
Messenger" then they become kaafirs by saying that. If they say, "He
is better," then why was the unseen concealed from him but you have
knowledge of it?? Allaah says of Himself(interpretation of the
meaning):
"(He Alone is) the All-Knower of the Ghayb (Unseen), and He reveals to
none His Ghayb (Unseen).
27. Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He
informs him of the Unseen as much asHe likes), and then He makes a
band of watching guards (angels) to march beforehim and behind him."
[al-Jinn 72:26]
The second verse attests to the kufr of the one who claims to have
knowledge of the unseen. And Allaah commanded His Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) to announce to all (interpretation of
the meaning):
"Say (O Muhammad): I don't tell you that with me are the treasures of
Allaah, nor (that) I know the Unseen; nor I tell youthat I am an
angel. I but follow what is revealed to me"
[al-An'aam 6:50]
Majmoo' Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 1 Shawwaal, no. 22.
The one who predicts the future is called a kaahin (fortuneteller,
soothsayer), and it is notpermissible to ask questions of such a
person or to go to him or her. If their predictions are sometimes
correct, that is either a coincidence or because the jinn
haveintercepted the news and conveyed it to the fortuneteller, but
they add a hundred lies to it.
It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said:
Some people asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) about fortunetellers. He said: "They are
nothing."They said: "O Messenger of Allaah, sometimes they tell us
something and it is true." The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "That is a word of the truth
that they learn from the jinni which he whispers into the ear of his
familiar, but they mixa hundred lies with it." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari,5429; Muslim, 2228.
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said:
Al-Qurtubi said: During the Jaahiliyyah they used to consult the
fortunetellers about events and rulings, and follow what they said.
Then the fortunetellers stopped when the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) was sent. But there are still some who resemble
them. It is forbidden to go to them,so it is not permissible togo to
them or to believe them.
In the version narrated by Yoonus the phrase "sometimes they tell us
something and it is true"appears as "they tell something and it turns
out to be true." This phrase has confused the questioner because of
the general meaning of the phrase "They are nothing", which he has
understood to mean thatthey never get anything right. But the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commented that although
they sometimes coincidentally get thingsright, it is never completely
right for it is always contaminated with many lies.
Al-Khattaabi said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) explained that the reason why the fortuneteller sometimes gets it
right is that the jinni tells him of something that he has heard by
eavesdropping on the angels, and he adds lies to that to embellish
what he heard. So occasionally he gets it right but usually it is
wrong. Fath al-Baari, 10.219, 220.
With regard to what is mentioned in the question of what this woman
sees in her dreams, such dreams arenot to be taken as evidence
concerning rulings of sharee'ah, let alone whatever they may indicate
that goes against any matter of 'aqeedah (belief) that is confirmed in
the texts ofIslam. Whatever she seesin her dreams is to be regarded as
the Shaytaan's toying with her and taking advantage of her ignorance.

Jinn, witchcraft ,evil eye -, Fighting witchcraft with witchcraft to solve marital problems.

She predicts things that are almost true and they think that she has
knowledge of the unseen .What is your advice to one who fights
witchcraft with witchcraft in order to solve marital problems?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Curing a person who have been bewitched or had a spell cast on him, if
it done by permissible means, comes under the heading of the treatment
of sickness and disease. It is one of the best of deeds if one seeks
the pleasure of Allaah thereby, especially if that is also for the
purpose of solving marital or family problems.
There are two scenarios that may apply in curing one who has been bewitched:
1 – Lifting the spell by means of further witchcraft, where the
practitioner of witchcraft and the sick person seek to draw close to
the jinns and devils in order to cure the spell. This is haraam and it
is a great evil and the work of the Shaytaan, as it says in Musnad
Ahmad (3/294) and Sunan Abi Dawood (3868), where it is narrated that
Jaabir ibn 'Abd-Allaah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was
asked about nushrah, and he said, "It is the work of the Shaytaan."
Classed assaheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 3868.
Nushrah means curing a person who has been bewitched. What is referred
to here is the type of nushrah that wasused during the Jaahiliyyah,
which is curing witchcraft by means of witchcraft or by using the
services of the devils.
See al-Qawl al-Mufeed 'ala Kitaab al-Tawheed, by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him).
The way in which this hadeeth indicates that it is haraam is that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described it as
being the work of theShaytaan, and whatever is the work of the
Shaytaan is haraam, for the Shaytaan enjoins evil, immorality and
saying of Allaah what one does not know.
2 – Lifting the spell by means of the ruqyahs and prayers for refuge
with Allaah that are prescribed in Islam, and using permissible kinds
of medicine. This is permissible and is a righteous deed for which a
person will be rewarded, so long as he observes the proper etiquette
of treatment and performing ruqyah. See question no. 12918 .
Secondly:
Our advice to the who uses witchcraft to fight witchcraft is to fear
Allaah and to hasten to repent from this action which poses a threat
to his religious commitment and his Islam, before the Angel of Death
comes down to him and catches him unawares, whereupon regret will be
to no availand there will be no turning back. The danger that
witchcraft poses to one's religious commitment is very real and very
serious. Allaah has told us in His Book that learning and teaching
witchcraft is kufr as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
"They followed what theShayaateen (devils) gaveout (falsely of the
magic)in the lifetime of Sulaymaan (Solomon). Sulaymaan did not
disbelieve, but the Shayaateen (devils) disbelieved, teaching men
magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the two angels,
Haaroot and Maaroot, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone
(such things) till they had said,'We are for trial, so disbelieve not
(by learning this magic fromus).'"
[al-Baqarah 2:102]
So learning and teaching witchcraft constitutes kufr or disbelief in
Allaah. In al-Saheehayn it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah
be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "Avoid the seven (sins) that doom a person to
Hell." They said: "O Messenger of Allaah, what are they?" He said:
"Associating others with Allaah (shirk), witchcraft,killing a soul
whom Allaah has forbidden killing, except in cases required by law,
consuming riba, consuming the orphan's wealth, running away from the
battlefield, and slandering chaste and innocent believing women."
These are all sins which will doom a person to Hell, so let this
practitioner of witchcraft beware of thewrath and punishment of
Allaah, for His punishment is painful and severe. Let him beware of
the traps of the Shaytaan who makesthis deed appear attractive and
makes him think that it is in theinterests of the Muslims and a
solution to their problems, until he drags him to Hell and causes him
to be thrown therein, what a terrible end. Beware, for the matter is
very serious, it is the matter of eternal bliss or eternal misery; we
seek refuge with Allaah from loss and utter misery.
Thirdly:
Our advice to the sick person who has been bewitched is to be patient
and seek rewardfrom Allaah. He should realize that this is a test
through which he may raise his status before Allaah if he is patient
and seeks reward. Al-Tirmidhi (2396) and Ibn Maajah (4031) narrated
from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The greatest reward
comes with the greatest trial. When Allaah loves a people He tests
them. Whoever accepts that wins His pleasure but whoever is discontent
with that earns His wrath." Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Tirmidhi, 2396.
He should depend on Allaah alone and put his trust in Him in all his
affairs, as well as following the means prescribed in sharee'ah and
the permissible practical means of treating his disease. He should
turn to Allaah and beseech Him with du'aa' at the end of the night,
and following each prayer, for Allaah isthe One who removes harm and
relieves distress. He is merciful toHis believing slaves and answers
the du'aa' of the one who is in difficulty.
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one,
when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you
inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any
ilaah (god) with Allaah? Little is that you remember!"
[al-Naml 27:62]
Let him beware of approaching the ways ofwitchcraft, soothsaying and
fortunetelling, for they are a disease and a malady which lead to
certain doom. In Saheeh Muslim (2230) it is narrated from one of
thewives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
thatthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Whoever goes to a fortune teller and asks him about anything, his
prayers will not accepted for forty days." In Musnad al-Imam Ahmad
(9252) it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah and al-Hasan (may Allaah be
pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a fortune teller and
believes what he says has disbelieved in that which was revealed to
Muhammad." Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami',
5939. So let the Muslim beware of asking them about anything or
believing them, in obedience to Allaah and His Messenger(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), andso as to protect his religious
commitment and his belief ('aqeedah), and out of fear of the
punishment of Allaah, and so as to avoid the things that lead to shirk
and kufr, for whoever dies in a state of shirk or kufr willhave lost
in this world and in the Hereafter, and that is true loss.