Mullah Nasrudin was returning from the market with his son and donkey. They had sold all the goods they had taken to the bazaar and now the Mullah was riding the donkey and his son was on foot when a passing man said, “Aren’t you ashamed old man that you ride the donkey and your [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here are three short teaching stories:
Nasrudin and thank God:
Mullah Nasrudin had bought a new pair of shoes that he only wore to feasts. One day, he was plowing his field while wearing hi pair of old torn shoes. He hurt his foot on a big thorn. As he was washing and bandaging his bloody foot [...]
Mullah Nasrudin was redoing the concrete on his driveway.
He first got rid of the old concrete. Then Nasrudin carefully mixed the new according to a recipe he had got from a friend who was a professional concrete pourer.
Finally he made it all smooth and went back in the house to write a sermon on the [...]
Mullah Nasrudin was visiting the USA and some Iranian friends took him to Las Vegas.
The Mullah was fascinated by the glitter, lights, sounds, and the sights of Vegas, but being a good Muslem her refused to play the slots or anything else as gambling is forbidden to the faithful.
On the third evening Nasrudin noticed a [...]
The king wanted to build a most fantastic palace. He wanted to prove that he was truly the Shahanshah (King of kings) and he wanted his palace to be better than the Khalif’s in Baghdad, or that of the Khan in Rum (Rome or Byzantium – modern day Turkey).
Unfortunately the Shahanshah’s treasury was quite bereft [...]
Mullah Nasrudin emigrated to the USA and decided to get involved in Baseball the national pastime. Since he was too old to play he became an umpire and moved up the ranks of umpire. Soon Nasrudin was a top umpire.
One day in an umpire’s conference there was a discussion. One umpire said, ” call it [...]
