28. Two Mullahs

Two mullahs served the same mosque in the same village. One mullah always used to arrive at the mosque early in the morning and make the call to prayer before the other mullah came. The other mullah got very upset, since the people in the village blamed him for not working. He asked his colleague how he managed to arrive so early. His colleague told him that it was because he had two wives, who looked after all his needs, and advised him to take a second wife. The other mullah, thus took his advice. The wives, however, made his life hell and the mullah escaped in the night and took refuge in the mosque. He castigated his colleague for his misleading advice. His colleague responded that their lives had now become the same.