Sayid and Charlie find Rousseau's hiding place, and Rousseau returns the baby.

When Kate and Sawyer return, Sayid and Locke join her and Rousseau in rescuing Jack.

When Danielle Rousseau ( Mira Furlan ) abducts the baby, named Aaron, Charlie and Sayid Jarrah ( Naveen Andrews ) go to rescue him.

Initially, she doesn't name him, but after Rousseau kidnaps him, she names him Aaron, begging Charlie and Sayid Jarrah ( Naveen Andrews ) to bring him back.

Sayid enlists her to help translate the maps belonging to the French woman who made the radio transmission, Danielle Rousseau ( Mira Furlan ).

" This motivates her to help Sayid translate maps he obtained from Rousseau.

When Hurley looks at the maps that Sayid recovered from Rousseau, Hurley discovers a sheet of paper containing the cursed numbers.

He treks into the jungle in search of Rousseau, with Jack, Sayid and Charlie in pursuit.

After Kate returns, she, Locke, Sayid ( Naveen Andrews ), and Danielle Rousseau ( Mira Furlan ) go on a mission to rescue Jack from the Others.

However, Sayid's attempt to kill Ben only results in the boy being healed by the Others, which causes Ben to " lose his innocence " and grow up to become the manipulative monster that inspired Sayid to shoot him as a boy.

When Shannon suffers from a near-fatal asthma attack, Sayid brutally interrogates Sawyer in an attempt to recover Shannon's medication.

Sayid plans to lure the Others to the pier, in an attempt to kidnap and molest two of them for interrogation.

Sayid and Desmond later witness Keamy's furious return to the boat after his failed attempt to capture Ben.

Shortly before " The Incident " is about to occur, Sayid and Jack pose as Dharma employees and attempt to smuggle a core piece of the hydrogen bomb to the Swan Station.

He and Sayid attempt to get information on the Others out of her, but they ultimately fail.

Later, while Sayid, Desmond, and Kate Austen are being taken from holding to prison, Desmond offeres to help him escape in exchange for a future favor.

About two million people from around the Delta and other parts of the Arab world come for the Moulid of Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, which is an eight day celebration.

Sayid also serves as a torturer for the Guard.

Sayid falls in love with her, and she provides the impetus for Sayid to begin his road to redemption ; he does not torture her.

Sayid convinces Essam to become a suicide bomber in order for the intelligence to take possession of the stolen explosives.

Sayid then makes a trade with Locke for Charlotte, who he brings back to Jack and the helicopter.

In the first part of The Incident, it is revealed that Nadia was actually killed by a car, and more significantly a car that would have also killed Sayid had it not been for the intervention of Jacob, who posing as a tourist asks Sayid for directions, preventing him from crossing the road at that point.

Following this event, Sayid eventually begins working for Ben as an assassin, after being informed that Nadia's death was part of a larger plan orchestrated by Charles Widmore.

However ; during the escape, Sayid shoots Ben, leaving him for dead before escaping into the jungle.

In the flash sideways, Sayid is still a former Republican Guard torturer, but now works for an oil company.

That night, Omer askes for his help against a loan shark to whom he has become indebted, capitalizing on Sayid's feelings for Nadia, but Sayid tells Omer he is " not that man " anymore.

A fan favorite since the show's inception, Chris Carabott of IGN stated that in the episode " The Economist "-" Sayid Jarrah is a badass who could give Jack Bauer, James Bond, and Jason Bourne all a run for their money ".

Through his medical tending and visibility within the camp, Jack quickly develops many personal relationships with the castaways, most notably finding a potential romantic interest in Kate Austen, a right hand man in Hurley Reyes ( Jorge Garcia ) and a mutual respect for former military torturer Sayid Jarrah ( Naveen Andrews ).

When arriving on the beach, she scolds Sayid and Locke for not bothering to rescue Jack.

The following morning at the Sydney airport, Sayid Jarrah approaches Shannon, asking her to watch his bag for him.

Shannon holds Locke ( Terry O ' Quinn ) responsible for Boone's death, and asks Sayid to take action.

Sayid leaves to get a bottle of water for Shannon and in his absence, Shannon again sees a vision of Walt, standing in the shelter with her.

As it starts to rain, Sayid and Shannon admit their feelings for each other before both seeing Walt.

When Sayid learns that she will soon be executed, he helps her escape.

Sayid doesn ’ t believe her, and leaves.

Shannon confronts Locke in the jungle, but Sayid tackles her just as she fires a gun.

After an argument, Sayid tells Shannon that he loves her and will never leave her.

She then frees Sayid, drops her weapon, and dares Sayid to take his revenge, but he refuses.

Sayid attempts to interrogate Juliet on the journey, but she says that if she tells him everything, then he will kill her.

Sayid is soon informed of Naomi's presence, and after speaking to her begins to question her ; he is soon taken aback when she gives him her satellite phone, having expected her to have no way to contact her boat.

When Sami's wife, Amira, confronts Sayid, he finally admits to torturing her, and tearfully apologizes to her.

Sayid is forgiven, and Amira tells Sami that Sayid is not the man who tortured her after all ; Sayid is released soon after.

However, his and Nadia's happiness is abruptly cut short when she is killed, and Sayid decides to hold her funeral in their home country.