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The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

The predominant has offered you his forgiveness and he has inundated you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

And it has flooded you with many benefits.

I will travel the earth back and forth.

I will reach my goal or I will die a foreigner.

If I perish, glory to my soul!

But if my life is saved, my return will be near.

With the inkwell (al-mihbarah) to the grave.

Episode 3

How, how, how ?!

How could you not find a buyer for this girl, how ?!

Is it reasonable that all of Baghdad is empty of men wanting to buy a beautiful servant?

Or is it because of your helplessness that you did not find anyone?

O Zomourouda, I told you that I did not leave a single man I know without telling him that we know a servant for sale

but I have not found anyone determined to buy it.

Anyone you know ?!

And who do you know if not the modest and the miserable?

Do you think these are going to buy a maid?

You must knock on the doors of notables, merchants and well-to-do people!

Okay.

From tomorrow morning, I will go back to the market maybe I will find someone to buy this servant.

You can do it.

If you come back with nothing, you'll see what you hate about me.

I would never be a servant as long as I lived.

I never would be.

I made my decision to join the seat of judge abi Youssuf.

The companion of imam abi Hanifah al-Nou'man.

It is a good decision and an excellent choice, oh Mohammad.

I was certain of your admiration for him and your respect for him.

And who does not admire abu Youssuf Ya'coub ibn Ibrahim ibn Habib?

The author of the book al-Kharaj (The Book of Property Tax)

and the pupil of imam abu Hanifah al-Nou'man and the bearer of his science.

So when do you want us to go to his class ô ibn Hanbal?

That we were going there?

Yes, I like your company and walking with you.

I fear ..

I'm afraid I can't do that ô ibn Nouh.

By Allah, I am confused by you ô ibn Hanbal.

Are you passionate about his science and are you lazily joining his seat ?!

It is not as you understood it oh Mohammad.

I fear that it is beyond my means.

What I mean is that I may run out of time.

You know and I know that abi Youssuf's meetings are sharper than the sword.

He will not be delighted to see a student arriving late for class.

I will not accept this for myself and I will not like to hear his reprimands on it.

Just as my time is not mine, especially since I left work in the house of wisdom.

Didn't you tell me you were going to devote yourself to studying so why are you afraid of delays?

I don't know oh Mohammad.

I am a little intimidated.

A little intimidated ?!

Someone like you is not saying that oh Ahmad.

And why bullying my son?

Joining the seat of abi Youssuf is a precious opportunity so take advantage of it.

What you have in your hands today, you may no longer have tomorrow.

Scientists are lanterns oh my son, we don't know when they go out.

He will accompany you ô ibn Nouh.

But oh mom, Judge Youssuf is someone very firm.

I'm afraid he won't accept that ..

I did not know you as intimidating, my son.

Forget these vain excuses.

You are going to leave with Mohammad and you will not miss the lessons of the master abu Youssuf whatever happens.

However oh mom ..

This is a settled case, oh Ahmad.

Okay, I obey you, mom.

Take.

Thank you my aunt.

We will do as my aunt oum Ahmad decided.

And out of mercy; lowers the wing of humility for them;

The oil in the lamp has run out and I don't know where this Faraj went.

He has been out since morning and has not returned.

He knows we don't have a piece of bread.

I'm starving and this idiot has been absent since very early this morning.

Peace be with you.

Peace be with you.

Where have you been since very early this morning, you idiot?

I was in the palace of Haroun ar-Rashid.

I worked in a shop and this is my salary.

What is that ?

Two loaves of bread ?!

I've been starving since this morning and you come back with two loaves of bread ?!

These are two loaves of bread but they are the fruit of my work.

They come from the lawful and not from the illicit.

The lawful only gives two loaves of bread ?!

If the lawful gave us only two loaves of bread in a day, the illicit gave us nothing during our whole life.

And here we are living a life similar to a life of the dead with the illicit.

Are we going to live our whole life eating bread so that you can enjoy the lawful?

O mother, my father lived his whole life as a thief and we had nothing but ignominy for that.

I will not accept this ignominy and I will not pass it on to my children after my death.

Today I started with two loaves but in the next few days,

you will eat nuts and almonds and our situation will change.

Nuts and almonds for a shop assistant ?!

A shop assistant is the beginning of the road which will not last long.

In what lands are you O Faouz and O my father?

Stop being sad and depressed O my daughter.

How oh my aunt?

How? 'Or' What ?

Shahinaz, I don't blame you for your sadness,

however if Allah intended you to see your family again, you will see them again with the permission of Allah.

And otherwise ?

Otherwise, there is no strength or power except in Allah.

It is the decree of Allah on you and no one can reject his decree.

How can I forget my flesh and blood O my aunt?

My heart is filled with their stories.

Their voices still ring deep inside me.

There is no strength or power except in Allah.

O Allah, as you returned Youssuf to Ya'coub, give him back to his family and give him back his family.

What is written on this comb?

It's my name.

Shahinaz.

My father had offered it to me and he had offered the same to my sister Faouz.

He made them himself.

I invoke Allah to bring you together very soon.

I believed in Allah O my aunt.

I believed in Allah.

She is absolutely right.

She couldn't stay with me in the same house after I was negligent towards my two daughters.

But what to do ?!

What to do ?!

What I am going to do is that tomorrow I will take the first caravan leaving for Baghdad.

And I would only come back with her if Allah willing.

But who can be your daughter O Aamer?

Who will be your bride?

My girl.

My bride I dream of.

Aah ô Aamer.

I dream of my bride even if I don't know her.

I'm going to say a poem about it.

Poetry is words like any other.

Why shouldn't I say a poem?

I'm going to say a poem.

Come, oh my bride, come.

Listen, listen.

Stop, stop ..

No, no, don't stop.

Come, come oh my bride ..

No no.

When are you going to come to me ô my wife ..

O my wife who ..

Who who ..

Who ..

Who will hit you like freezing cold.

Mum.

May your mother lose you if Allah wills.

Why haven't you slept yet?

Don't you have a job tomorrow

Don't you want to stop your idiocy and laziness with your eloquence ?!

You don't even understand the words of ordinary people to start making poems.

Go.

Come on, go to your bed, may you be caught in a crash.

Okay, okay mom.

You tore my heart out, don't you fear fear for me?

I almost dissolved on the spot and be paralyzed because of your screams on me.

If only it could happen so that I got rid of you.

Go, go to your bed and if you don't sleep, you will see from me what you have never seen or heard.

Go.

Mom, did you find the bride or not?

The bride ?

Is that what you were worried about?

Don't worry, we'll find her.

You were pretending lack of money oh mom

and now we have a shop that brings us a lot of profit.

What is stopping you so far?

Do you think brides sell in perfume shops in Baghdad?

I'm looking for a suitable bride for you.

No oh mom, no, I don't want any girl.

It's for your son Aamer.

So wait and don't rush.

I will wait oh mom, I will wait.

My bride.

Come on!

What is this book that took you the time of Zoubayda ô Haroun?

Who can dare to take me from Zoubayda?

It is the book of Euclid's Elements.

It has been translated from Greek by a number of scholars from the house of wisdom.

I see that you read it passionately and carefully.

I checked its eloquence and its translation oh oum Mohammad.

How do you find it

Praise be to Allah who put in the community of the Prophet ﷺ

and under the reign of Haroun ar-Rashid people who bear responsibility for science.

It is by the grace of Allah and by the cause of Abi Ja'far Haroun.

If he were not attentive to science and scientists, we would not have arrived where we are in science.

Science is life O Zoubayda.

The book is the secret of its sustainability.

Are we not the community of Iqra (Lis).

Do you know where you are headed ô ibn Hanbal?

It is about judge abu Youssuf, the companion of abi Hanifah al-Nou'man, the scientist of the two Iraq.

He is the scientist with whom all students dream of being educated.

Do you deserve to be his pupil?

You have to prepare for a mission as difficult as this.

Aba Youssuf is accommodating with no shortcomings.

However, have you forgotten oh Ahmad what your Lord said to Yahya?

"O Yahya, hold fast to the Book (Torah)!"

O Allah take the hand of your servant ibn Hanbal and help him in what he is about to do.

I have the impression that Imam Aba Youssuf is late for his class.

I don't think he's late.

Perhaps we are the ones who came early.

Are you new to abi Youssuf?

Yes.

That is why I see that you are enthusiastic.

Who is not enthusiastic to see the imam abi Youssuf, the companion of abi Hanifah al-Nou'man, the imam of the Iraqis?

I am Yahya ibn Maīn.

And I am Ahmad ibn Hanbal

and here is my companion Mohammad ibn Nouh.

Welcome O ibn Hanbal,

welcome ô ibn Nouh.

Thank you.

I think sheikh aba Youssuf will be arriving soon.

Come in, come in.

With the blessing of Allah.

And we too will join the seat of judge abi Youssuf.

Dad.

This is the boy I told you about.

It is one of the treasures of Khorrassan.

It must be.

Otherwise, you will have wasted our time in vain ô Ja'far.

I hope I will not disappoint Prince Yahya al-Barmaki.

How are you called O you who amazed Ja'far to the point that he keeps talking about you?

Your servant al-Fadl ibn Sahl al-Sarakhssi.

What can you do except that you are from Sarakhs?

Your servant masters Persian as he masters Arabic.

Just like I have knowledge in astronomy.

It is good, O Fadl.

But let's forget about astronomy now.

I want to experience you in translation.

I have a very valuable Persian book that I would like to translate into Arabic.

If you succeed, we will reward you

otherwise, we don't need you.

Know that many people are standing outside our door

but we only approach the ingenious and faithful.

The faithful, understood?

As for fidelity, O majesty, it is she who will show who is.

The days will tell you about me what you like.

As for ingenuity, send me where you want and place me where you want.

Ja'far informed me that you are not a Muslim.

Am I wrong ?

This is the case, oh majesty.

I am Zoroastrian.

Imam Abu Hanifah - may Allah have mercy on him - said:

I am looking for the answer to my question in the book of Allah, but if I cannot find it, then from the tradition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

May the prayer and salvation of Allah be upon him.

If I can't find her, I take words from her companions.

As for what emanates from others than them, they are men, and we are also men.

He lied by Allah and uttered over us, whoever says about us

that we have favored reasoning by analogy over the text.

Do we need to reason by analogy when we have the text?

I'm selling pumpkins!

Take my brother.

Take my sister.

Peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and his blessings.

Please go inside.

Do you know who should get this mail?

Everything that happens at the market is written on this parchment.

Send my greetings to his Highness the Governor.

Threader there.

It's like new, now you can race with the postman horses.

Thank you, here's your money.

Goodbye.

Aba Doulama.

Aba Doulama.

Why didn't you come and get your shoes?

Why you did not come to get your shoes ô aba Doulama, they are new.

Who asked you that?

Didn't I tell you to give them to a thug?

Throw them in the garbage.

These are worn shoes and on top of that, you want the price of their patching?

May Allah forgive you O aba Doulama.

How can you say they are worn out?

Look at them.

Contemplate them.

What did you do, O aba Doulama?

You don't recognize your shoes?

If a thief had seen them, he would have stolen them from your feet.

Give, how much do you want?

I forbid you to be greedy oh cobbler.

I am not greedy ô aba Doulama, I do not want your miserly money.

No, no, I don't want anything from your pocket.

Take, here's a half dirham.

Half a dirham?

I told you I didn't want anything, O aba Doulama.

These shoes are a gift from me.

How long have you been working without pay?

I feel like you want something.

Speak, go ahead.

I want, yes I want ô aba Doulama, I want to get married.

I want to get married.

Aamer.

O Aamer.

Where are you, our expert of the century? (irony)

Aamer.

May Allah demean you, shoemaker of misfortune!

You stupid villain!

Is that how you spend your time?

Do you spend it in the chat?

Mummy mummy.

What are you doing here ?

What are you doing here you idiot?

Mum.

Calm down, oh mom.

Go back to your shop before I make you the laughing stock.

Come on, go back!

Go back!

Immediately oh mom.

Woe to me!

You idiot.

Find him a wife ô oum Aamer.

Marie it!

Mom, is that ..

Woe to you!

Since I told you that I was going to marry you, you never stop asking to get married.

Mum.

And do you inform all the passers-by ?!

Mom, it's time I got married.

It is time I got married.

Shut up, may Allah demean you.

Faouz, I'm going to untie you to wash you and make you beautiful.

There is a man who wants to buy you.

I want you to wear the best clothes because the more beautiful you are, the more your price will go up.

I'm free.

I am not selling or buying.

I will remain free as long as I am alive.

That's not all.

It is I who will reveal you in front of people so that you are punished for your crime.

Listen to me, you idiot.

You will not leave this house until the grave or in the house of the man who will buy you.

That's not all.

You will listen to me in spite of you.

If the sweet words don't work with you then the whips will have their effect with you.

Even if you cut my throat, you will only hear from me what you have just heard.

I will never allow you to sell me.

You understood ?

We will see.

What have you O Haroun?

You have been on this state for some time.

May Allah comfort the prince.

What are you worried about so that you stay alone like this?

Nothing at all O Zoubayda, nothing at all.

What is happening is that I am concerned for our imam Malik ibn Anas.

Don't worry O Haroun, don't worry.

May Allah heal him and lengthen his life so that he will be useful to us with his science and knowledge.

I was hoping to be by his side when he got sick.

May Allah help me manage his business and take care of his needs so that he can overcome his illness.

Don't worry, Haroun, what has kept you from being with him is the affairs of the Caliphate and governance.

Invoke healing for him and find someone to take care of him and his business.

I invoke Allah, the immense Lord of the Throne to heal the Imam of Dar al-Hijra (Medina)

and preserve it for Islam and Muslims.

A concern that has not dissipated and a patience that is dissipating.

A satisfaction that did not last and an indignation that lasts.

My tears did not flow out of pity for me

until I saw myself sinking.

The disease spread through my body,

my body is suffering without any soul wandering there.

When a year goes by on the dead, we forget it

and I am here, to die every day.

Handalah.

What are you doing here ?

Why are you sitting at this idiot's window?

Nothing at all, I was exhausted and I sat down to rest.

And you have not found other places to rest than here?

What's wrong with this place, it's a place like any other.

Get up, get up!

Get up and get us something to eat.

I will make you regret your rude looks.

I promis you.

The great judge.

These are Abu Youssuf, Ya'coub ibn Habib, the companion of Abu Hanifah al-Nou'man.

He is full of science and modesty, oh mom.

Modesty is the ornament of scholars and the mirror of scholars, my son.

The first sin with which Allah [Exalted Be He] was disobeyed in heaven before earth is pride.

Its consequence was the curse and the banishment of bliss.

May Allah teach you the science of the prophets O my son and may he embellish you with modesty.

Listen oh my son, there are two things you need to watch out for.

Ask to know it as long as you are alive and be modest for Allah as long as you stay.

If Allah wills, if Allah wills.

Zomourouda.

I'm afraid the girl will get sick if we starve her more than that.

Let her go to hell.

I swear she won't drip on a piece of food or drink until she softens and gives up her stubbornness.

But it is a treasure that we cannot afford to lose.

What good can this treasure be for if we can't sell it?

It's okay, let's see who will break his oath.

Me or you ô Faouz.

It is you who know O Zomourouda.

The thing to do is not to be harsh with her, only out of pity on her

and also so that it does not lose its beauty and that its price drops.

It doesn't matter to me anymore.

No no no.

Its sale doesn't matter to me anymore.

What matters to me is to humiliate her, break her head and rehabilitate her.

Some months later ..

You did well.

Its a good job.

Praise be to Allah that you found him good, majesty.

I really liked it.

Your testimony is a crown on the head of your poor, faithful and honest servant.

Hear me, young man.

Be near me.

A very dangerous mission awaits you.

I am under your orders, majesty.

You can leave now.

At your command, majesty.

This young person will be of great importance.

Do you think it is suitable for what you want to do oh father?

This is exactly what we want.

Peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and his blessings.

Tomorrow I will speak to ar-Rashid so that he can entrust the patronage of al-Amin to you.

And al-Ma'moun?

Al-Ma'moun?

Forget al-Ma'moun for now.

Why postpone my father?

Why postpone?

Isn't it better to speak to ar-Rashid just once?

Let al-Fadl be the tutor of al-Amin and the one you think is suitable is the tutor of al-Ma'moun.

Haroun is an intelligent man.

I don't want to arouse suspicion.

Do not pick the fruit before it is ripe so as not to be deprived of it.

I fear, my father, that if you do not hurry to speak of al-Ma'moun that his guardianship will escape us.

I think your father is right, O Ja'far.

You shouldn't be reckless in a serious matter like this.

Why do I see you worried, my son?

Nothing at all O mom, nothing at all.

You never stop thinking.

My heart tells me that something is bothering you.

You are not satisfied with your lessons at imam abi Youssuf?

The courses of imam abi Youssuf are a light from heaven, oh mom.

However ..

What, however, my son?

I have ambitions that I have not achieved in the courses of imam abi Youssuf.

And this is what my heart said to me, my son.

I understood that you did not find in the courses of abi Youssuf what you aspire to.

Your thought is true oh oum Ahmad.

But so far you haven't told me your opinion on what I think.

Arise, my son, do your ablutions and pray two prayer units.

Consult your Lord in what you intend to do

and have a good intention.

Know, my son, that Allah is in the help of his Servant as long as he is walking in his way and the way of his prophet ﷺ.

May the prayer and salvation of Allah be upon him.

What I need is the seat of Imam Abu Mu'awiyah Houshaim ibn Bashir al-Wassiti.

This is oh Ahmad.

What good advice and what a great choice.

Will you go with me

Devoting oneself to the study of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is something that cannot be refused.

But what about you, did you make your decision?

I told you it was my mother who advised me this

and you know how much I trust his opinion.

Your company is my happiness, oh Mohammad.

So what do you say?

How can I not respond to the invitation of Ahmad's mother and the decision of my companion ibn Hanbal?

May Allah bless you O ibn Nouh, may Allah bless you.

Peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.

May the peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.

Welcome ô oum Khaled and you too ô our guest Shahinaz.

We were at the market to buy some things for the house and we went to see you before going back.

May Allah forgive you oh oum Khaled, why didn't you tell me what you needed this morning for me to bring it to you?

May Allah kill hesitation.

It seems that Allah sent me this girl to be the cause of my happiness.

If I knew where ibn Hanbal found time to learn his lessons and recite them in front of our master abi Youssuf.

What is happening to you, you idiot!

Do you want to spoil our excursion by talking about ibn Hanbal?

Peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.

If you knew what news I bring you O Souhayb.

Speak, what's going on?

I heard ibn Hanbal tell ibn Nouh that he will join the courses of Imam Houshaim ibn Bashir al-Wassiti.

You are so full of surprises ô ibn Hanbal.

His decisions are calculated and his steps are counted.

This time it is I who will surprise him then.

I have something that I would like to offer to His Majesty ar-Rashid.

Speak O Yahya, I listen to you.

It's about your son, Prince al-Amin.

Yes, what is it?

I think his majesty ar-Rashid should entrust his patronage to someone he trusts

which will give him time and attention that circumstances have not allowed my majesty ar-Rashid to give him.

You are right O Yahya.

I had been thinking about this for not too long.

However, I hesitate to entrust it.

To whom His Majesty trusts and finds it suitable for this.

Who can he be, O Yahya?

How about you majesty of al-Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki?

His Majesty's ar-Rashid's baby brother

and the son of your servant Yahya.

Excellent choice O Yahya.

Excellent choice.

Al-Fadl is in the service of his majesty ar-Rashid and his son al-Amin.

I'm done.

Looked.

And now, how is the master's satisfaction with his pupil Faraj?

I fear that my praise will deceive you and that you will be lazy O Faraj.

No oh sir, I care about my job like I care about my life.

If you stay like this with your efforts and devotion, you will be like my son.

Aah oh my master.

Why this bitterness O Faraj?

I lived my orphan life without father,

poor without support.

However, since I entered your shop, I dream of leaving my miserable past behind my back.

With effort and persistence we achieve our goals.

Don't be in a hurry, you are still young and the road ahead is still long.

Do you think you are the only one to have lived in misery and suffering?

I suffered a lot more than that until I got there.

However, whoever plants well, Allah will reward him.

Sir.

I dream of being a notable of Baghdad.

To have a palace like that of the Barmakids.

Many lands, a wife and children.

And may my mother taste tranquility and rest after misery and fatigue.

But this ..

seems only to be dreams.

The dreams of today are the realities of tomorrow ô Faraj.

If you continue with your perseverance and your efforts, one day you will reach your goal if Allah wills.

One day ?

It's so good that the person gets what they want

early in his life.

I heard his story from my son Marouane.

Its history makes O Omou Marouane's heart crack.

May Allah help him.

Peace be with you.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.

You're welcome.

These cakes were made by Shahinaz.

This is the will of Allah, what is good is done by the good.

You're welcome.

Thank you, O Shahinaz.

I have never tasted cakes like these.

Bon appétit oh my aunt.

Allow me.

Where are you going, my daughter?

Don't you want to sit with us

I would like to, but I haven't finished some household chores yet.

May Allah bless you.

So go finish what you do, go ahead, my daughter.

Glory to Allah, The Great donor, The Great creator.

She is so beautiful and modest.

May Allah bless you O oum Marouane.

Faouz.

Faouz.

Wake up.

Wake up quickly, I beg you.

Faouz.

Who ?!

Who is here ?

It's me Handalah.

Handalah, Zomourouda's husband, don't be afraid.

Come.

Go away !

Go away from here where well I will humiliate you by shouting oh husband of Zomourouda.

Go away !

Where did your reason go, oh Faouz, I brought you food.

And what is the price of your food?

Go away, I don't want to.

I swear by Allah that I want nothing.

Take it before my wife wakes up and this roof collapses on my head.

Take it quickly.

But try to hide the traces of the food after you finish.

If my wife finds her, it will be my end.

Alright I'll do it.

Thank you anyway.

Tell O Baghdad the memories of the Imam of the Muslims.

The fourth moon in the best envoy's lantern.

Tell O Baghdad the memories of the Imam of the Muslims.

The fourth moon in the best envoy's lantern.

And take us back centuries to the time of the followers,

Ahmad, the protector and fortress of Islam.

Tell us about the young man Shaybani with great determination,

who travels across the country in search of the obvious truth.

Tell us about the young man Shaybani with great determination,

who travels across the country in search of the obvious truth.

He drinks the lights of the river from well-guided scholars,

proclaiming the truth in the face of unjust tyrants.

Tell O Baghdad the memories of the Imam of the Muslims.

The fourth moon in the best envoy's lantern.

And take us back centuries to the time of the followers,

Ahmad, the protector and fortress of Islam.

His memory continues to beat in the hearts of humanity,

it continues to shine with the lights over and over again.

His memory continues to beat in the hearts of humanity,

it continues to shine with the lights over and over again.

Through his guidance, the guide and trustworthy community was enlightened.

Thus, it is the principle of the All-Merciful to rescue the believers.

Rescue the believers.

Rescue the believers.