Once upon a time there was a beautiful sunny day on a small farm that looked wonderful, and in a beautiful house lived a fat woman who loved food very much, especially chicken eggs. Every morning she would go out to take the chicken eggs from the garden and say how beautiful and delicious they are, how much I love eating eggs, then she would say to the chicken thank you my dear, without you what would I do. ...
There was a weaver living in a village. He was a simple man who wove clothes every day from morning to evening. This was his means of earning his livelihood. But his spindle had become old. One day, while spinning clothes, his spindle broke, and it’s difficult now to make a new spindle, so we need to gather wood. The weaver took his axe and headed to the forest. The weaver saw many trees, but none of their woods pleased him, so he continued walking until he reached a dense forest. There he saw the sissoo tree. ...
The swindler or fraudster is usually characterized by intense intelligence and cunning to achieve his goal and deceive his victims. In our story, we tell about an extremely cunning swindler who, through deception and trickery, was able to deceive everyone and exploit human greed to dominate the place and control all the villagers. This swindler had a donkey whose mouth he stuffed with some gold coins. He took it to the market. When the donkey brayed in the market, the gold coins fell from its mouth. Everyone in the market gathered and asked this swindler man about the secret of what was happening. He answered them that this donkey had a story; it was an enchanted donkey. When it brayed, gold coins would always fall from its mouth. ...
Once, there was a cloth merchant who lived in a beautiful Indian village with his wife and two young children. They were well-off and lived a very comfortable life, for they owned a remarkable hen that laid an egg every single day. However, it wasn’t just an ordinary egg—it was a precious golden one. Despite this blessing, the man was not satisfied with receiving only one egg a day; he grew greedy for more. ...
In ancient times, there was a traveler known as Abu al-Nadhr. This man was constantly traveling, going here and there in God’s vast earth. He had been accustomed to this throughout his life. One of his characteristics was that he left for himself a friend in every town he visited. When he reached seventy years of age, he decided to return to Basra once again to visit one of his old friends named Abu al-Yasar. ...
Contentment is one of the most important blessings God has granted us. It makes you feel that you are always in God’s care, and you covet what you do not possess. This, in turn, makes a person good-natured, generous with affection and friendship. The person who is content with God’s blessings upon him and looks at them with a look of contentment and satisfaction cannot ever envy anyone, or harbor malice toward those around him in anything. Consequently, God protects him from the malice of the envious and the spiteful. In addition, it is worship and drawing near to God. ...
The famous Arab proverb says that greed diminishes what is gathered. God, glory be to Him and exalted, has warned us from that despicable trait, commanding us to love for our brother what we love for ourselves, for in greed there is wretchedness of souls and constriction of hearts, making the individual selfish, thinking only of himself. There were three friends living in a poor village. They had not been able to earn abundant wealth there. One day the three decided to go to the city together to earn money, where much work was available there and the doors of livelihood were many. ...
In ancient times lived two brothers, Mansūr and Yāsir, and they worked as fishermen. Each had his own boat on which he worked in fishing. Mansūr’s share was the small boat, while Yāsir was fortunate with the larger boat in size. Mansūr was the younger brother, and among his traits was that he was kind-hearted and extremely gentle. He helped the poor, the needy, the elderly, and those in need, presenting them with fish without compensation. As for Yāsir, he was characterized by harshness of heart and wickedness of nature. He was always mocking his brother because he presented fish to the poor and needy without receiving any compensation from them. He often described his brother as foolish for this reason. The affectionate Mansūr would feel pain in his heart after hearing this speech. He would say with compassion toward the poor: “They have no money, so from where can they bring it to eat?” Yāsir heard nothing from his brother except that he was not responsible for them. Mansūr would admonish him that people are brothers by nature and that the poor have rights upon those around them, and this is what our pure religion has commanded us. Yāsir persisted in his position more than before. ...
We would gather around him one evening on the stone platform. He sat at the head of the place while tranquility encompassed the house. We would listen to him and enjoy immensely with his tale that was never forgotten—Mansūr the young merchant in his shop at the beginning of the market would face you with his handsome face, his calm smile, and his clear eyes, displaying his wares before you: “This fabric from India, that from Syria, and this natural silk from China.” The intelligent merchant was known for truthfulness, honesty, and excellent goods. The name Mansūr in the market was on all tongues. ...
The lion would not leave his den on this day; he felt fatigue and exhaustion and did not desire, as was his custom every morning, to rise to the forest to fill it with his roaring. The hours passed while he remained stagnant in his place, lazy. Then it occurred to him to resort to the forest doctor, hoping he would find a cure for the weakness that had afflicted him. When the doctor examined him, he told him that his illness was not physical—all his organs were sound and healthy—but he was suffering from a sudden psychological illness and had to try to find happiness and peace of mind. If he knew the path to his happiness, he would be completely cured and return to his former state. ...