More checkpoints are encountered by Ibrahim and his men...

More checkpoints are encountered by Ibrahim and his men, and after fighting their way through, they finally reach Mukhtar's house; Ibrahim informs him of the checkpoints and the killing of Ayaz Mazarib, the chief policeman; they bring the plan forward by a night in order to succeed, otherwise Abdulla Muti can squash any opposition by morning after realising that a revolution was in the making.

Mukhtar lights the torch on his roof and starts beating the war drums, but there is no response, for people were warned against premature signals; so they are under the impression that it is an enemy ploy, for the expected call was for the next night. Now, Abdulla Muti is under the impression that Mukhtar and Ibrahim must have assembled a large force to try an overthrow; in reality, Mukhtar and Ibrahim had very little manpower this night for the planned attack for was for the following night.

Rashid, the son of Ayaz Mazarib gets to hear of his father's death and comes to Abdulla Muti crying; Abdulla Muti says there is no use crying and that he should avenge his father's death; Abdulla Muti gives him a unit of men to go and fight Ibrahim and Mukhtar.

Abdulla Muti sends for Shabath Rabi (one of the army unit commanders at Kerbala) with about a thousand men to confront Mukhtar and kill him; Shabath Rabi advises it is best to wait until daylight when the attack would be most beneficial; Abdulla Muti refuses for he does not want to take any chances, in case of an attack by Mukhtarduring the night.

The checkpoint to Mukhtar's district is under the command of Hijab Hurr with about seven hundred men; when he sees the force of Shish Rabi advancing towards Mukhtar's house, he assumes that they are Mukhtar's reinforcements for it was dark; the two units do not identify each other for want of a surprise attack and in the ensuing battle, each side looses about half of their men; the two commanders, each thinking he has repelled the enemy, report back to Abdulla Muti the same night, only to realise their mistake.

This now leaves the checkpoint to Mukhtar's house unguarded. Mukhtar and Ibrahim realise what has happened outside, and in view of the developments, they decide that they must go out to call on their men in other districts; Mukhtar has to get word to his supporters of about fourteen hundred men in the Sakariya district; Ibrahim decides to go out to various other districts to inform the supporters of the change of plan.