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Friday, December 14, 2001

T0082. Big Mosque, Small Mosque

Nasruddin prays in big mosque, no results. Prays in little mosque: results! He then goes and rebukes the big mosque.

Notes: In some versions, specific mosques are named, such as the  Ulu Mosque and Orhan Mosque in Bursa.

Here's my short version:

Nasruddin went and prayed every day in a big mosque. His prayers were not answered.
He complained to a friend, and his friend advised him to try praying in a smaller mosque. Nasruddin followed his advice, and his prayers were answered.
Nasruddin then went back to the big mosque. "You should be ashamed of yourself!" he said. "You are so big and grand, but it was the little mosque that answered my prayers."