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Number 1

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Number 1

A man asked a jurist: 'I have a cracked water jug, and by the time I'm done relieving myself, it has drained empty.' The jurist replied: 'Then wash yourself first, and do your business afterward.'

Explanation: This is a prose anecdote in Obeid Zakani's satirical style; 'estenja' refers to the Islamic ritual of washing after using the toilet, and the joke turns on the jurist's absurdly literal reversal of the natural order.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱

شخصی از فقیهی سؤال کرد که مرا آفتابه‌ای هست شکسته، چون از ریدن فارغ می‌شوم آفتابه تهی می‌گردد. گفت: اول استنجا کن بعد از آن قضای حاجت.