Khaled Ahmed Maqbool

Al-Madina newspaper

The scene of the security men helping elderly pilgrim, like the policeman who took off his shoes to present to an old woman pilgrim to protect her feet against the scorching heat and many others, are examples of what our young men and women do for the pilgrims.

The scenes were many and diversified. You see a security man carrying a child so that his mother would throw stones at the Satan, the young Saudis carrying a disabled pilgrim, boy Scouts guiding astray pilgrim or driving a disabled pilgrim on his/her wheel chair, our youth driving ambulance cars taking the sick pilgrims from a holy site to another to complete their Haj rites, young men under the hot sun directing traffic, the volunteers in the Grand Mosque and its courtyards competing to serve the guests of God and many other scenes draw a magnificent, expressive and spontaneous picture of our services to the pilgrims.

All these pictures are a source of pride of what the people of this blessed country are doing for the pilgrims out of their innate feeling that the service of the guests of God is an honor.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and his deputy have left no stone unturned to provide the pilgrims with the best of services that would enable them do their Haj rites in ease, peace and comfort.

All these magnificent scenes, which words cannot express, are a solid proof that the service of the guests of God is an unmatched honor.

The pilgrims came in millions from all parts of the world with different races, colors and tongues. They were united by Ibraham's call to come for the pilgrimage.

In its very essence, the Haj is a message of peace and harmony emanating from this country to the rest of the world.