Islamic Stories, - The ruler and the ruled

There have been many rightly-guided khalifs in the past whose
qualities were far more refined and noble than those of today's kings,
prime ministers and presidents.They lived very simply and spent very
little on their own personal comfort. One of these great khalifs was
called Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz. He followed the teachings of Islam with
sincerity and served the people whom he ruled with humility.
One hot summer's night, Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz was lying awake in bed,
too hot to sleep, but cooled a little at least by the fanwith which a
maidservant was fanning him. Thanks to her efforts he at last fell
asleep. After a while, however, she began to grow very tired and then
finally she too fell asleep, the fan slipping from her fingers and
falling to the floor.
The khalif awoke from his slumber, and seeing that his maidservant
hadfallen asleep, he picked up the fan and began to fan her gently.
After a while she woke up and was startled and dismayed to find the
khalif fanning her. She was meant to be fanninghim - what would happen
to her now?
"Do not worry." Said Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz with a smile, "you are just
as much a human being as I am. When I needed to sleep, you kept me
cool, and when you needed to sleep I kept you cool. What's wrong with
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