Originally posted by: deejagi
No Ela, don't take her too light. For the last 1.5 episodes, she has been watching jalal without uttering a word and him not consulting her for anything. If it were the Jalal of previous days, he would have just rushed to her and asked for her opinion ad also would have asked her to take care of Abul Mali. He is not doing any such thing and he is more concerned for Jodha Begum and literally begging her to open her eyes as he can't live in guilt of killing her. Then came Ruqaiya and even she is singing the same song, please save Jodha Begum at any cost BUT there was a catch and Maham caught it at right moment. Ruqaiya said To save Jalal's life, Jodha begum has taken the death on her and hence she had to be saved. It was just out of gratitude and not out of love. Ruqu seems to have metal ears yet. She might lend her ears Maham at a later stage, I can't be sure at this moment.
When Maham realized the Poison contamination in the well was due to Ben, she has realized the grave truth which Jalal might realize later that Adham had lied about the dead snakes, meaning he was aware of Ben's truth. So she had to think and act fast, if she had to save her son from death.