Qur'an, by reading one or two juz each day. He learnt the greater part in this way, but did not complete it. There were two reasons for this. Firstly, he wanted to avoid being disrespectful to the Qur'an, and it had occurred to him that to read the Qur'an at great speed was lacking in respect. And secondly, it occurred to him that the more urgent need was to learn the truths that the Qur'an was teaching. In the following two years therefore, he learned by heart the forty or so works noted above on the Islamic sciences and philosophy which would be the key to the Qur'anic truths, and which would preserve those truths by answering the doubts that had been raised concerning them. The Governor's residence in Bitlis provided a favourable environment to pursue this programme.

Omer Pasa's wife was dead, and he had six daughters. One day, one of these girls wanted to go into Molla Said's room to clean it, or for some such innocent reason. However, Molla Said scolded her, and brusquely shut the door in her face. The girl was taken aback and upset at this.

The same day while in his office, someone who was trying to make trouble for Said, no doubt jealous of him, whispered in the Governor's ear: "How can you leave Molla Said in the house all day? Your daughters are not married and you have no wife, and he is a vigorous young man. How can you do such a thing?" Thus sowing seeds of doubt in his mind about Said.

That evening when he returned to his family, Omer Pasa was met by his disconsolate daughter, who immediately complained to her father: "That Said you have given the room to is mad. He just tells us off and never leaves it." Feeling remorse for his suspicions, Omer Pasa went straight to Molla Said's room and treated him with great courtesy and kindness.

In a later work, Bediuzzaman explained his attitude as follows:

"When I was twenty or so, I stayed for two years in the residence of the Governor of Bitlis, Omer Pasa, on his insistence and because of his extreme respect for learning. He had six daughters. Three of them were small, and three of them were older.