A video of a Saudi security man was very impressed on social media after he gave his mother a military salute while performing Hajj this year.

According to the Saudi newspaper Sabk, the woman is also the mother of the martyr Ibrahim Asiri, who lost his life during a military operation south of the kingdom.

Security officer Corporal Abdul Rahman Asiri said after social media pioneers circulated the video that his mother was making a pilgrimage this year among pilgrims to the families of the martyrs.

Abdul Rahman appeared in the video as he approached his mother, then greeted her, before exchanging a warm hug.