The love story of Qais and Laila

Qais and Laila spent their childhood together, as we mentioned above, and feelings of love and fondness arose in their hearts from childhood. It was known among the Arabs at that time that when a girl grows up, she stays away from men and does not mix with men and sits with women at home until the right man proposes to her and she gets married. When he grew up, Qais bin Al-Malouh, and Laila grew up with him. She was kept away from him and sat at home, as was the custom and tradition.

After this, separation and distancing did not change anything in the hearts of the lovers except the increase in love and longing between them. Qais used to write poetry for Laila to express the love, feeling, and longing in his mind, and he used to sing it among the people, so the people shared his poetry and his story became famous and became news on the tongues, and this was fame. A major cause of his eternal pain and heartburn later on.

The prevailing custom among the Arabs at that time was to reject love and separate lovers if their affairs were revealed to the people. When Laila’s father learned of the love story and that Qais was walking among the people reciting poetry about Laila, he became angry and forbade Laila from Qais, so that he would not see her or speak to her. This matter pained Qais and deepened his grief and anxiety. It is narrated that he abstained from eating and drinking due to his longing and youth for Layla, and he became ill and fell ill.

Qais's family feared for their son's condition and could not find a solution for what he suffered except to marry him to Laila. So Qais's father went to his brother to propose to Laila. Qais owned fifty red camels, which was Laila's dowry, but the marriage offer was met with a categorical rejection. Qais's condition worsened more and more and he became obsessed with Laila, insane. He loved her, so Abu Qais went to his brother, begging him and pleading with him, explaining to him that his son was close to madness, but he did not care about that.

Laila's marriage and the end of the story with separation and madness. A man from Thaqif named Ward bin Muhammad later proposed to Laila and she agreed to marry him after the rejection of many suitors. It is said that her father forced her to do so against her will, and claimed that she chose Ward of her own free will after he had chosen her among the suitors. The truth is That her father forced her to marry and threatened her if she refused; She agreed unwillingly, and when Qays learned that, he became extremely sad, and his poetry celebrated that sadness. He continued to roam the earth, singing poetry that represented his burning and pain until he was found lying among the stones, dead.