Badriya suffers after her father's departure, and her uncle forces her to marry Khammas in order to lend him the money he needs, despite her emotional connection to Amir.
Farag and Hadi quarrel and quickly reconcile. Khammas and Abu Hamid want to keep Farag away and stab Hadi. Amina, Farag's wife, hates his brother Salman because he causes problems. Nizar wants to marry Kulthum, the simple, poor woman.