One day Khalifa Omar was visited by his friend Abdrahman. Visited at the time when the supreme ruler was engaged in state affairs. Seeing his friend, caliph Omar extinguished a burning candle and lit another candle.
The caliph’s behavior surprised Abdrahman and he cried out, “O head of the Muslims, why did you light one candle and light another?” Khalifa Omar replied to a friend, “When you came, I was engaged in public affairs. He burned a candle. I will discuss personal matters with you. The state should not pay for our conversation, so I lighted my own candle.