In the evening...

In the evening, the daughter goes to Ubaydallah Ziyad and explains that Kumayl is an uncle of the nanny and that Kumayl is an old, feeble and honest man whom Kufa owes a gratitude for his teachings; Ubaydallah Ziyad agrees to free Kumayl the next day, but she insists it be done the same evening and she herself would go to the prison to convey the order.

At the dungeon, the guards change for the evening shift, on the eve of the day Kumayl was to be released (as told to him by Mukhtar on Maythame Tammar's predictions); Kumayl looses any hope of release that day because an evening change of guards meant the prison doors do not get opened until the day shift arrives; Mukhtar reassures Kumayl to have faith on Maythame Tammar's prediction; it is the same evening that Ubaydallah Ziyad's daughter arrives with the order to get Kumayl released.

Kumayl bids Mukhtar farewell, upon which Mukhtar requests him to find means of getting to him pen and paper; Kumayl promises to do so. Previous…