A word on the people’s rejoicing at the recovery of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz

Question:
The citizens, as well as the residents, and indeed everyone, rejoiced at the emergence of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and praise be to Allah, for He has granted him health and well-being. We ask Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, to make it a permanent state of safety and to clothe him in the garments of health and well-being so that he may serve this religion, this blessed land, Islam, and the Muslims. So we ask Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, to prolong his health and the health of everyone. This rejoicing, Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih, may Allah bless you, what does this happiness mean for the citizen and for the Muslim in general? And how do we live this happiness and thank Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, for bestowing upon us all this blessed land with its many blessings, including security, health, and this abundant good?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And I say: May Allah reward you with good, just as He has rewarded you with the news of the recovery of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his emergence safe and well. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Indeed, every blessing is from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: And the emergence of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques from his treatment, healed and recovered, is the greatest blessing, or among the greatest blessings, upon this state and this land. He is its leader and its imam, and they have seen from him much good in the form of beneficial projects. And every Muslim in this land and elsewhere, for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has not limited his good and benefit to this land, but it has encompassed the Muslims in every place.
And the greatest of what the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques does is serving the Two Holy Mosques and preparing them for the pilgrims and visitors. So may Allah reward him for Islam and the Muslims with good, and we ask Allah to help him to continue his noble works. Amen. And to prolong his life in goodness and righteous deeds. This is a great glad tidings, and if the Muslims inside the country and outside rejoice in this blessing, that is not too much.
And it is a joy in its proper place, as Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: So the joy is in the favor and mercy of Allah, and among that is what happened to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of this recovery and his emergence safe and well. It is from the favor of Allah, and it is something that the Muslims rejoice in. So we ask Allah to prolong his life and to grant him health and well-being, and to help him in what he does for the interests of the Muslims. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. Yes.