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title: "80-year-old Worker Retires After Serving Masjid an Nabawi for 40 Years"
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# 80-year-old Worker Retires After Serving Masjid an Nabawi for 40 Years

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/news/80-year-old-worker-retires-serving-masjid-an-nabawi-40-years/
Updated: 2021-03-11

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.

![80 year old Worker Retires After Serving Masjid an Nabawi for 40 Years 1](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/80-year-old-Worker-Retires-After-Serving-Masjid-an-Nabawi-for-40-Years-1.jpg)

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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.