The following is based on a post covered by the Mirror...
April 12, 2016, Mamburung, Borneo.
Pardan Raihan stood outside of her house watching the spectacle. Sometimes, they came in droves, or sometimes they would trickle in a little at a time like the stream just outside of the village. Today, there were only a handful of outsiders -- one a reporter -- to visit her son, Hirsute Muhammad.
"You look so beautiful," said a woman from a small village nearby. "May I have your blessing?"
"Peace be unto you," said Hirsute, reaching out a hairy hand to touch the woman's forehead. "Go with blessings."
Almost daily, it would be like this; people would come and ask for blessings from her son. Oh, how the people would adore her Hirsute.
Hirsute was only 13 years old, but the people thought him blessed by God because of his rare genetic condition known as Hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome. Pardan's son was covered head to toe in thick, dark hair. For years, she had taken him to specialists, but the surgery was a far greater financial decision than she could ever afford. She would comfort him by telling him, "[You are] a gift from God and we believe [your] appearance is the will of Allah." Hirsute's confidence instilled his faith in God.
Despite his appearance, Hirsute felt blessed and wished to someday serve as a mosque cleric in thanks.
"I am blessed by God," he told the visiting reporter, "and this makes me happy. I am his favorite child and want to serve him my whole life. I don't want any medical treatment because I'm happy this way."
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