The second shaykh has two greyhounds, which are actually his brothers transformed. When their father died, they were all left money to open a shop. The first brother went traveling but returned a destitute beggar; the same occurred with the second brother. The narrator helped them open new shops. Finally, they all went traveling together. On their trip, the narrator met a lovely woman and brought her with him, but his brothers grew envious and threw them overboard. The woman revealed herself to be a jinniyya, and saved them both, but turned the brothers into dogs. They will be restored after ten years of this punishment.
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Similar Tales[]
- Abdullah bin Fazil and His Brothers
- The Eldest Lady's Tale (a female variant)