when the other guards then permit you to send in the food...

when the other guards then permit you to send in the food, I will ensure Mukhtar gets the marked foods. The next day, Kumayl prepares and goes to the prison where the scheme goes into action as planned; the warden warns his subordinates that Ubaydallah Ziyad may not like it, but they see no harm in letting the food through especially after the warden's beating to Kumayl.

The food gets into prison and Mukhtar gets the marked ones, which he hides successfully for Ubaydallah Ziyad arrives suddenly with about thirty personal guards (other sources say that Ubaydallah Ziyad arrives with the personal guards just before the food gets into the prison). Ubaydallah Ziyad orders all the forty prison guards to be beaten up severely, after which the guards (including the warden who knew of the misdeed) ask as to the reason for Ubaydallah Ziyad's sudden arrival and punishment.

Ubaydallah Ziyad says he knows of the plot to smuggle pen and paper to Mukhtar, whereupon the warden, hoping for the best with prayers, challenges Ubaydallah Ziyad to find any pen/paper in the food; his personal guards perform a through search in all the foods but are unable to find any pen or paper, for Mukhtar had by then successfully hidden away the marked food (other sources say they did not think of looking into the fruits/almonds).

With the warden's prayers answered, and no trace of pen/paper found, he enquires of Ubaydallah Ziyad as to how he got the "false" information; Ubaydallah Ziyad says it was the warden's son who came to report of the plot (the son was eavesdropping on the conversation between Kumayl and his father, but did not overhear the last part about hiding the pen/paper/ink etc as the two were then whispering so as not to be overheard by passers-by going for the Fajr prayers).

The warden explains that the boy is not his real son, but adopted him from the streets where he was abandoned, and in trying to discipline the child, the child bore grudge against him and hence falsely reported and wasted Ubaydallah Ziyad time; Ubaydallah Ziyad gets very angry and orders the immediate execution of the boy. Ubaydallah Ziyad and his personal guards go away, Kumayl goes home, and Mukhtar gets the pen/paper/ink. Previous…