Short Story: Mullah Nasruddin's mixed marriage was often a blessing in disguise to him too

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The Mullah's wife had her own small altar set up in the Mullah's library room in a corner of that room. She would leave an incense candle burning there for most of the evening, whenever she was home, and not out, visiting a neighbour, in a nearby house, but also often, even if she was out, she would still leave it burning there too. She always expected the Mullah to blow this candle out, after he had completed his late evening study sessions, as he used to pore over the works of the great spiritual masters, to the wee small hours of each night, every night. She would go to bed herself, and trust the Mullah to extinguish the flame. Every morning, she would check with the Mullah as to how he had gone about blowing out that candle, though. Had he made a sign of the cross, as he did so, had he bowed low to Allah, his own God, as well as to his wife's God too? This was a mixed marriage, and the Mullah's wife had been a convert to the missionary efforts of a Christian crusade, in their area, that came through there, a few years ago now. She would always tell him off thoroughly, if he had missed to do any part of her ritual, in his blowing out of her candle on her altar, for her. The Mullah used to like to keep his mind open as to the truth about all religions, and so he was flexible enough to allow his wife to spiritually run her own life, as she wished. The Mullah liked to pursue his own studies, of course, and he did not like to restrict himself in any one area, but he more liked to gain a bit from every window that he opened to let the sun of truth shine through. He realised that if he kept any windows closed, some truth would not be able to shine through, and that this truth might indeed be the very truth, that he might need indeed, to provide him with the most light, so he always was ready to let any new light in to himself, wherever it shined in from. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Mullah's wife's altar looked impressive in his home. The Mullah liked it too, and that is why he had encouraged, and helped her, to set it up in his very own private home library too.