From the village to a throne that rejects him
Original title
بخمس ارواح
Released
2/18/2026
Origin country
LB
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
30
Known all his life as "the dead woman's son," Shams has never had much — until a staggering revelation turns his world upside down: he is the sole heir to a powerful tycoon's empire. But the inheritance comes with a dangerous condition. To claim his rightful identity and fortune, he must track down the four siblings his father coldly erased from existence. The clock is ticking, the stakes are lethal, and failure isn't just costly — it's a death sentence.
From a graveyard in 1983 to Beirut’s alleys in 2026, Shams lives undocumented and scrapes by one day at a time. A street fight and a police raid hit hard. Then a midnight knock inevitably (re)writes Ibn Al Mayta’s name…
A singer by night, a mum by day, Samaher scrambles to hold her crumbling world together. With Assi's presence getting harder to ignore Shams steps in, ready to fight for a woman those around him refuse to accept.
The truth about Shams's mum breaks him. The truth about his father makes him a threat. A recorded will from Amir Badis leaves no stone unturned. Consequently, Shams is humiliated, hunted, and left running for his life.
Shams' quest to find his roots lands him behind bars. Freed with help from Rashed, he emerges transformed: a new look, a new ride, and ten grand in hand, ready to navigate the dazzling world of fortune and luxury.
The press makes a spectacle out of Shams and his past, selling a rags-to-riches narrative. Urged forward by Samaher, he steps closer to power—unaware that he’s under closer watch than he realises…
Rashed gives Shams the first clue in the quest to fulfill Amir’s ultimatum, while secretly serving two masters. DNA tests, jealousy, and mounting quarrels with Samaher set the stage for everything to go off course.
Marwan is thrown off by Shams’s claim of kinship. DNA test results finally validate Shams as Amir Badis’s son and rightful heir. Samaher desperately fights to recover the missing documents that could legitimise her son.
Kamal orchestrates Shams’s arrest, forcing him to sign himself out of the company. While Assi tries to bury his scandal with money, his wife defies him, following her maternal conscience rather than marital obedience.
Samaher’s relentless fight for Joud’s legal recognition ends in a hard-earned triumph. Shams presents Marwan with proof, and an empty grave topples the reality he once swore by…
Samaher races against time to protect Joud from Assi’s latest attempt. Driven by his longing for a brother, Shams lingers at Marwan’s door, refusing to leave until he wins him over.
Marwan saying yes to the DNA test shatters his mum’s heart. Samaher’s raw televised plea ripples out of control. Shams goes after Assi—only to discover that he’s been blindsided all along.
Shams is urged to sever himself from the alley and everyone in it. Samaher is turned back at the border. As Amir’s will stands firm, Kamal contemplates crossing legal lines to reclaim the inheritance himself.
Kamal skirts the law, sending men to terrorise Shams—only to see them return empty‑handed. One son is taken, and another is seized. Desperate, Samaher knocks on Shams’s door.
Assi makes a move that could place Joud beyond her reach. Samaher acts on impulse—and pays for it. Kamal offers her a way out, but the price is trading away the one name her heart won’t betray.
Alia draws Shams into tense negotiations with Kamal, who pivots suddenly. Samaher scrambles for a lifeline from prison, while Shams, unaware, is trapped in Badis’s high-stakes game of power.
Samaher walks out to commands. Shams walks in too late. One accusation detonates everything, and in the shadows of a greater pursuit, neglect becomes the deadliest weapon.
Shams races to save his mum, torn between desperation and an impossible compromise, while Kamal preys on his every weakness, with greed and betrayal shadowing every choice.
Rumours crown Shams the family villain. Samaher plays the victim—and both sides. Edging closer to another truth about his lineage, Shams risks burning every bridge left.
Shams outmanoeuvres Kamal’s trap, sending his plan crashing down on him. In the fallout, someone he thought was unquestionably on his side vanishes—hidden in the last place he would think to look.
Shams keeps Marwan waiting till dawn, picking up a runaway sister amid wailing sirens, flashing lights, and squealing tyres. Joud hijacks a video call for a fleeting moment of tenderness he so dearly longs for.
Shams’s gamble turns Samaher’s house into a pressure cooker. With the police at the door, pride curdles into venom, loyalties fracture, and one angry outburst threatens to upend everything he’s trying to protect.
Sidra’s covert dealings drag Shams into dangerous territory. Whispers of betrayal circle Samaher, Marwan closes a chapter of his life, and one desperate bargain could cost Shams dearly…
On the run with Sidra, Shams races to evade capture. Kamal preys on Samaher’s weakest link while she navigates a treacherous game, oblivious that her “secret” rendezvous is about to unravel…
On a stakeout outside Kamal’s house, Shams expects his target—until someone he never suspected turns up… and the fallout is immediate. Sidra’s world begins to crumble, while a hidden lead draws the wrong attention.
The moment she chases a lead in Shams’s quest, Samaher is snatched away. Betrayed or not, Shams refuses to stand still—unleashing his alley clan to scour even the most dangerous backstreets of the city.
A clue Samaher risked everything to leave behind leads Shams straight into the lion’s den. With bullets flying and no way back, he launches a high-risk play that could flip the fight—or bury them all.
An armed standoff forces Shams and Abdo to clock what’s really at stake. But Kamal has already pulled a darker trigger—and now every name tied to Amir Badis is in the crosshairs.
Three bullets. No margin for error. Kamal denies, deflects, and lies his way out. But in a place no one thought to look, something doesn’t add up… and it flips the entire course of the search.
An inch away from the truth he’s been hunting, Shams tears into what he was never meant to find. A single confession cuts deeper than any bullet, forcing him to meet the gaze of the predator hiding in plain sight.
The inheritance war ends when the siblings learn that what binds them is worth far more than anything life took away. The true fortune was never wealth, but an unshakeable bond: five souls, whole at last.
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