80-year-old Worker Retires After Serving Masjid an Nabawi for 40 Years

Social media can’t stop praising an 80-year-old worker who served Masjid an Nabawi for 40 years (four decades).

Citizens of Saudi Arabia have also launched a funded campaign for the worker, identified as Moqtada. After his photos went viral, citizens also appealed to his employer not to fire him but to honor him.

It was a tough moment when my employer told me that I am being retired because of my old age.”

Moqtad told the media.

The majority of the citizens have also pushed the Saudi Government to give the worker a permanent iqama and citizenship. As long as the worker stays in Saudi Arabia, he should be getting a regular salary for his four-decades of service for the Masjid an Nabawi.

Writer Hamad Al-Majed of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said that he had informed an official from the Saudi Binladin group about the worker’s campaign.

Saudi woman writer Monaira Al-Qadeeb also extended her support for the campaign. Adding people like these workers should be honored.

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