In Iran we have a story about children playing together. Ali the youngest was everyone’s favorite and had many friends but one enemy called Rashid. One day as they played, Ali fell down in a well. All Ali’s friends were scared since they had been told not to play near the well. So they ran [...]
Nasrudin and the rats
A friend complained to Nasrudin that he had fifty pounds of wheat and before he knew it the rats had come and eaten all his wheat.
Nasrudin replied, “I too had fifty pounds of wheat and before the rats knew it I had eaten all my wheat.”
Since that was a short story two [...]
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The villagers had found a compass in the desert. They brought to Nasrudin who was the wisest person in the county. They asked him what it was. Nasrudin looked it over, smelled it, played with it and started crying at first. After weeping for a few minutes he started to examine the compass [...]
Another two short Mullah Nasrudin short teaching stories I had posted in another website which went down and as I’m finding the stories I’m transferring here.
Nasrudin and the flying donkey
Mullah Nasrudin was riding his donkey at a slow pace one day when his donkey saw a snake in the road and started to bolt.
He was [...]
Three short Mullah Nasrudin short teaching stories:
Nasrudin and the sea water
Note in those days no refrigerators so they would smoke the fish to preserve it. These were extremely salty.
They asked Nasrudin why is the sea water salty?
The Mullah replied, “Haven’t you eaten fish? You know it’s so salty. It’s obvious if you throw so [...]
Mullah Nasrudin was walking with his son when a funeral procession came by.
The mullah’s son pointed to the coffin and asked him, “What is in that box?”
Nasrudin replied, “A man, my son.”
The son continued, “Where are they taking him, father, and why are they so sad?”
“They are sad because they take him to a place [...]
Nasrudin and snoring
Mullah Nasrudin’s wife kept complaining that he snored. The Mullah said, “It is absolutely impossible. I have awakened myself a few times in the middle of the night and I was never snoring.”
Since this was short I’ll include a few other short Mullah Nasrudin teaching stories.
Heaven and hell:
They asked Nasrudin how long will [...]
