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The tale of Ayyûb the merchant, his son Ghânim and his daughter Fitna
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The Tale of Ayyûb the Merchant, his son Ghanim and his daughter Fitna is a tale from the collection The Thousand and One Nights. It extends from nights 38 to 45.
A rich merchant named Ayyûb had a son named Ghânim (in Moroccan Arabic: rich) and a daughter named Fitna (in Arabic: dispute). When he died, he let them all his belongings. When he discovered his father intend to win Baghdad to sell his merchandises, Ghânim decided to continue in the same path as his father and become a merchant too. Everything was going well for Ghânim.

One day, he went to the funeral of another merchant who had just died. However, when he wanted to go back to the city in the evening, he found the door closed. He had to spend the night in the graveyard. Shortly, he heard men approach and decided to hide, fearing to deal with bandits.

The three men turned out to be eunuchs who carry a chest. After talking to each other, they buried the chest and went away. Ghânim, curious, wanted to know what was inside the chest and unearthed it. There he found a young woman who was sleeping, drugged. When she came around, he offered her to come and live with him to protect her from her enemies.

Over time, Ghânim felt in love with the young woman who, for her part, refused to tell him who she was. One night, he could not remain in the ignorance, he insisted so much on her that she revealed her identity. Her name was Qût al-Qulûb (Arabic: food of hearts), she was the favorite of the caliph, and she had been kidnapped by order of the caliph's wife who was jealous. After discovering this, Ghânim kept his distances with the young woman out of respect for the king.

Nevertheless, for her part, Qût al-Qulûb had developed a great affection for Ghânim and wanted to stay with him. Finally, the opposite pattern occurred, Qût al-Qulûb became deeply in love with Ghânim, and he denied himself to her out of respect for his sovereign.

One day, the story end up being known and rumors reached the caliph's ears. The caliph did not know the details of the story, sent his soldiers to Ghânim to recover his concubine. Ghânim got scared and ran away from home. Not having enough to survive and having lost his lover, the son let himself go into poverty. For his part, taking the young man's flight as an admission, the Caliph, furious, persecuted Ghânim's mother and sister.

Time passed and one day, Qut al-Qulûb obtained from the Caliph that he grant him a vow. She taught him that his dearest wish was to see Ghânim again and to be his. The Caliph fulfilled his wish and, after long searches, found Ghânim again. The lovers married with great happiness and Ghânim's mother and sister were rehabilitated.