As soon as Ahmed and Ali entered their grandmother’s house, they greeted her warmly with “Assalamo alaikum!” and ran into her arms.

After a few minutes of catching up with each other, Ahmed asked excitedly, barely containing his eagerness, “Naano, can I use your mobile phone today?”

Before Naano could respond, Ahmed’s mother, who was also with them, stepped in and quietly gestured to her mother not to give him the phone. The problem was, Ahmed had become too involved in playing games on the mobile phone. Since his parents had restricted him from using their phones at home, he turned to his grandparents, who would give in to him........

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