The young man, who was outside, said to his father, "Close the door." When the door was closed, the slaves came upon him with their spears. The slaves gathered to capture him, but he fought them off. Then the seven sons came out, disarmed, intending to kill him. He implored them by God to leave him and let him go on his way, but they refused and attacked him. He fled from them and threw spears at them, killing one of them. This angered them, and they attacked him with weapons, intending to kill him. He defended himself and threw spears at them until he killed six of the sons and lightly wounded the seventh. When their father saw this, he called out, "Boy, open the door for him." The door was opened, and he left. He had no wounds, and no one knew who he was because he was in disguise. His daughter was the cause of the ruin of his house and the killing of his sons, and many incidents of this kind where blood is shed. This is the opinion that the daughter who is the cause of such an affair should not tell people the name of the killer or who he is. At best, if asked about who did this deed, she should say, "I do not know." And no household is safe from this matter unless the woman is ugly and has a defect that repels people from her. Sultan Abd al-Rahman strove to prevent this, but he could not.