Thailand's Noah Lanai, aged 103, cried when she saw the Kaaba for the first time in her life, performing Hajj this year, days after the arrival of a 130-year-old Indonesian Muammar.
Lanai, who arrived after years of patience due to her financial circumstances, is the oldest woman in the Hajj this year, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
She passed through difficult circumstances that prevented her from performing the fifth pillar of Islam, and despite her age, her great and sincere desire led her not to give up and continue to seek until she turned her wish and her dream into reality.
"Hajj was my mother's wish for many years. She always talked about her desire to go to Mecca to perform Hajj, but our circumstances did not allow this wish to be fulfilled," she said.
He added: "I was very nervous whenever it happened to me in this matter, I was afraid you can not achieve this wish, but thank God facilitated things and achieved this beautiful dream.
| 130-year-old Indonesian Samri (networking) |
He continued: I was worried before traveling and I think a lot how my mother can do the pilgrimage and how to go to the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, but thank God all these fears once we arrived, in every step we were to find help from everyone.
A few days ago, Saudi Arabia also announced the arrival of Indonesian architect Ohi Aidroos Samri, 130, to Jeddah to prepare for his dream of performing Hajj for the first time.
In a video posted on social media sites, Samri wished to perform the Hajj despite his material circumstances, gaining cultivation of land owned by others, growing rice and vegetables and selling them in the market.
These days, the attention of the Muslim world is turning to Mecca and to the ancient house of Allah, where the great obligatory feelings begin.
The number of arrivals to perform Hajj for the current season until Tuesday afternoon rose to more than one million and eight hundred thousand pilgrims and pilgrims, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry.
During the previous pilgrimage season, the number of pilgrims reached 2,371,675, according to official statistics.