El-Dakhakhni lives in El-Gamaliyyah neighborhood, of which he owns a quarter. El-Dakhakhni suffers from the fact that this inheritance will go to the husbands of his four daughters, especially since his only son suffers from marked dullness and lives in a childish state. He is thinking of marrying his son off to the girl Ashriyyah whose property he had previously seized. Ashriyyah agrees to the marriage, on the condition that he returns her property to her.