Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-01-21

An Afghan national who resides in the blessed city of Medina in Saudi Arabia has never missed a single salaah behind the imam in Masjid un Nabawi for the past 37 years.

Haji Muhammad told Makkah daily that he arrived in the Saudi Kingdom when he was just 19 years old and has been working as a plumber for 37 years and only traveled once to Afghanistan.

The devoted mussallee has become very popular in Madinah because for a quarter of a century he has appeared on Saudi TV wearing the same black turban while standing on the right side of the first line behind the imam.

“I’ve always made sure I perform all prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque since I was a young man,” said Muhammad.

“I love picking up the copies of the Holy Qur’an from visitors and putting them back in their cabinets.”

Haji Muhammad has made friends with visitors to Medina from around the globe who have been impressed with how devoted he is in performing all prayers in Masjid un Nabawi and at the same place.

“When I worked for my sponsor, I told him from the start that I didn’t want to miss any prayer at the mosque and that in Ramadan I won’t work because I’ll be in the mosque all the time,” he said. –Saudi Gazette.

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