Today, Friday, January 27, 2023, the Saudi preacher Abdullah bin Omar Banama passed away at the age of 47, after many years of illness, according to the Saudi newspaper Sabq.

After the Friday prayer, thousands of worshipers performed the funeral prayer for the preacher with grace in the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, before they accompanied him, where his burial was buried in Al-Baqi cemetery.

The funeral of Sheikh #Abdullah_Banamah after the #Friday prayer in the #Masjid_Nabawi witnesses a large presence of mourners pic.twitter.com/0ej5Vr46lG

- News of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region (@News_Almadinah) January 27, 2023

A number of the Sheikh's fans shared a video clip of the late preacher before his death, during which he broadcast his commandments to the youth, the most prominent of which is maintaining prayer, honoring parents, kinship ties, and repentance from sins and transgressions, calling on God to extend his life until he realizes the fasting of the blessed month of Ramadan.

Thousands on social media mourned the late sheikh, as did the Taibah Association for Mobility Disabilities, saying, "May God reward us and reward you for the loss of the call and the loss of inspiration, who had the upper hand in delivering the association's message and inspiring the beneficiaries with patience and struggle."

May God reward us and reward you in the loss of the call and the loss of inspiration


, who had the upper hand in delivering the message of the association and inspiring the beneficiaries with patience and struggle

Oh God, forgive him and have mercy on him and transgress him and tie the hearts of his family, relatives and loved ones # The death of the preacher_ Abdullah_ with grace pic.twitter.com/CQRR78i3zG

- Taiba Association for Mobility Disabilities (@tiba_media) January 27, 2023

The late preacher used to participate in many events and advocacy activities inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to charitable activities, especially with regard to people with special needs, as documented on his Twitter page.

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- Abdullah Baneamah (@ Baneamah_A) October 16, 2019

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- Abdullah Baneamah (@ Baneamah_A) October 13, 2019

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- Abdullah Baneamah (@ Baneamah_A) May 15, 2020

Sheikh with grace and cigarette lighter

He was born in Naama in 1976 and was known to be a fan of sports, especially "karate" and "kung fu", before he was injured in 1993 when he was studying at the secondary level.

About 30 years ago, while he was swimming, he had an accident when he jumped out of the pool. His head hit the bottom of the pool, his neck was broken, and he suffered bleeding that paralyzed all parts of his body. After that, he went to work in calling to God.

The story of Banama, as he told it to the Saudi newspaper Al-Jazeera, began with the fall of the cigarette lighter from his pocket in front of his father, so he asked him: Where is this lighter from?

He said: It's his friend's lighter, so the father said he smokes and you have the lighter!

You are a liar, so he swore by grace with the strongest of oaths that he is truthful and does not smoke - and he was a liar - so his father said: May God cut your neck if you were a liar in your oath.

After that, he gracefully escaped from school with his friends and entered a park in the city of Jeddah by stealth, to swim in the swimming pool, and when he jumped out of the pool, his head hit the bottom of the pool, his neck was broken, and he was bleeding and completely paralyzed.