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An
old woman came to our Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)
and said: "O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah (Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala) that I will enter Paradise." He (saw) said jokingly, "O
Mother of so-and-so, no old women will enter Paradise." The old
woman went away crying, after hearing from Holy Prophet (saw).
Then Holy Prophet (saw) sent one of his companions to tell her
that, she will enter Paradise by becoming a young lady, because
the Paradise is for only young people.The Holy Prophet (saw)
said: "Do not laugh too much, for laughing too much deadens the
heart." At another place, the Holy Prophet (saw) said: "If you
knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much." |
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A
man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he
sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog. He runs
over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing
the dog and saving the girl's life. A policeman who was watching
the scene walks over and says: "You are a hero," tomorrow you
can read it in all the newspapers: "Brave New Yorker saves the
life of little girl." The man says: "But I am not a New Yorker!"
"Oh, then it will say in newspapers in the morning: Brave
American saves life of little girl" - the policeman answers.
"But I am not an American!" - says the man. "Oh, what are you
then?" The man says: "I am a Saudi!" Then next day the
newspapers say: "Islamic extremist kills innocent American dog." |
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| Once, the people of the city
invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a speech. When he got on the
pulpit (Minbar), he found the audience was not very
enthusiastic, so he asked: "Do you know what I am going to say?"
The audience replied "NO", so he announced: "I have no desire to
speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking
about" and he left. The people felt embarrassed and called him
back again the next day. This time when he asked the same
question, the people replied "YES", So Mulla Nasruddin said,
"Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't
waste any more of your time" and he left.
Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one
more time and once again invited the Mulla to speak the
following week. Once again he asked the same question - "Do you
know what I am going to say?" Now the people were prepared and
so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied
"NO". So Mulla Nasruddin said: "The half who know what I am
going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left! |
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One
day some wise men, who were going about the country trying to
find answers to some of the great questions of their time, came
to Mulla Nasruddin's district and asked to see the wisest man in
the place. Mulla Nasruddin was brought forward, and a big crowd
gathered to listen.The first wise man began by asking, "Where
is the exact center of the world?"
"It is under my right heel," answered Mulla Nasruddin.
"How can you prove that?" asked the first wise man.
"If you don't believe me," answered Mulla Nasruddin, "measure
and see."
The first wise man had nothing to answer to that, so the
second wise man asked his question. "How many stars are there in
the sky?" he said. "As many as there are hairs on my donkey,"
answered Mulla Nasruddin.
"What proof have you got of that?" asked the second wise man.
"If you don't believe me," answered Mulla Nasruddin, "count
the hairs on my donkey and you will see."
"That's foolish talk," said the other. "How can one count the
hairs on a donkey?"
"Well," answered Mulla Nasruddin, "How can one count the
stars in the sky? If one is foolish talk, so is the other." The
second wise man was silent.
The third wise man was becoming annoyed with Mulla Nasruddin
and his answers, so he said, "You seem to know a lot about your
donkey, so can you tell me how many hairs there are in its
tail?"
"Yes," answered Mulla Nasruddin. "There are exactly as many
hairs in its tail as there are in your beard."
"How can you prove that?" said the other.
"I can prove it very easily," answered Mulla Nasruddin. "You
can pull one hair out of my donkey's tail for every one I pull
out of your beard. If the hairs on my donkey's tail do not come
to an end at exactly the same time as the hairs in your beard, I
will admit that I was wrong."
Of course, the third wise man was not willing to do this, so
the crowd declared Mulla Nasruddin the winner of the day's
arguments. |
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| One day, Mulla Nasruddin said
to his friends: "If I die, bury me in an old grave." "Why",
asked his friends. "Because", he explained, "if the angels come,
I'll tell them that I died years before and have already been
questioned and then they will return the way they came." |
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| One hot day, Mulla Nasruddin
was taking it easy in the shade of a walnut tree. After a time,
he started eyeing speculatively, the huge pumpkins growing on
vines and the small walnuts growing on a majestic tree.
Sometimes I just can't understand the ways of God! He mused.
Just fancy letting tiny walnuts grow on so majestic a tree and
huge pumpkins on the delicate vines!
Just then a walnut snapped off and fell smack on Mulla
Nasruddin's bald head. He got up at once and lifting up his
hands and face to heavens in supplication, said:
Oh, my God! Forgive my questioning your ways! You are
all-wise. Where would I have been now, if pumpkins grew on
trees! |
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| The wit and wisdom of Mulla
Nasruddin never leaves him tongue-tied. One day an illiterate
man came to Mulla Nasruddin with a letter he had received.
Mulla Nasruddin, please read this letter to me. Mulla Nasruddin
looked at the letter, but could not make out a single word. So
he told the man.
I am sorry, but I cannot read this. The man cried:
Shame, Mulla Nasruddin! You must be ashamed before the turban
you wear (i.e. the sign of education).
Mulla Nasruddin removed the turban from his own head and
placed it on the head of the illiterate man, said:
There, now you wear the turban. If it gives some knowledge,
read the letter yourself. |
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| One winter night while Mulla
Nasruddin was sleeping he heard a noise that was suddenly made
in the street. Having covered himself with his blanket, he came
out to know the cause of the noise. Suddenly a smart thief
robbed him of his blanket and ran away. He came back home
without the blanket. In reply to his wife who was asking about
the reason for the noise, Mulla Nasruddin said, "All the quarrel
was about my blanket." |
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