The judge asks a perceptive attendant how to uncover the pair’s concealed purpose. The attendant advises that the truth must come from the men themselves, so they are recalled.
There are two stages: ḥads, an intuitive guess, followed by an attempt to uncover the secret through direct questioning. The judge no longer wants to judge their appearances alone; he seeks their own testimony.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — A Ruse Exposed and the Judge’s Warning
The judge asks a perceptive attendant how to uncover the pair’s concealed purpose. The attendant advises that the truth must come from the men themselves, so they are recalled.
There are two stages: ḥads, an intuitive guess, followed by an attempt to uncover the secret through direct questioning. The judge no longer wants to judge their appearances alone; he seeks their own testimony.