There are more or less 200,000 date palm trees in a date garden located in the city of “Al-Qassim” in Saudi Arabia and this garden is dedicated to the cause of Allah. This garden has 45 types of dates, its annual production is 10,000 tons of dates. This garden is the largest endowment found on earth.
The income from this garden is used to build mosques in different countries of the world, do charity work and set Iftar tables in the Two Holy Mosques. This garden has been dedicated to the cause of Allah by the richest man in Saudi Arabia, “Sulaiman Al-Rajhi”.
Sulaiman Al-Rajhi opened his eyes in despair. He was studying in school when one day the school administration organized a fun tour and asked each student to deposit one riyal each. He goes home but his parents do not have even one riyal.
He cries a lot. Yes, the date of leaving for the tour is approaching, the results of their quarterly exams are here, they take a position in the class and a Palestinian teacher gives them 1 riyal as a reward. They run to the person in charge of the entertainment program and deposit 1 riyal.
They rush to the time, they complete their education and start working by naming a room in Jeddah a bank. In a short time, a network of banks in the name of Al-Rajhi spreads throughout Saudi Arabia. Suleiman Al-Rajhi goes out in search of his Palestinian teacher, meets the teacher, he has retired, the economic situation is such that it has become difficult to light the stove at home, Al-Rajhi puts his Palestinian teacher in the car and tells him that I owe you your money. .
The teacher says from the front that who can I, a poor person, owe? Rajhi reminds his teacher that years ago you gave me 1 riyal as a gift. The teacher smiles and says that you now want to return that 1 riyal to me? Rajhi parks the car in front of a bungalow, in front of which there is also an expensive car.
Rajhi tells his teacher that this bungalow and the car are yours from now on, all your expenses will be our responsibility. Tears come to the eyes of the Palestinian teacher and he says that this luxurious bungalow, this expensive car, this is too much. Rajhi says that the happiness you are feeling at that time was greater than my happiness when you gave me 1 riyal as a gift.
May Allah not waste such a benevolent person. Suleiman Al-Rajhi, in 2010, He called his wives and relatives and divided his wealth among them all and donated everything he had. At present, the value of Suleiman Al-Rajhi’s endowment is more than 60 billion riyals.
He is the owner of the Saudi National Company and Al-Rajhi Bank, which have given 170 million riyals as aid for the coronavirus, and have handed over two hotels in Mecca to the Ministry of Health.
This garden is recorded as the largest endowment in the Guinness Book of Records. Forbes magazine has listed him among the twenty greatest generous people in the world. His biography is worth reading.
Perhaps there is no city in Saudi Arabia where the Al-Rajhi family has not built mosques, as well as their full support in da’wah centers, Quran reading rooms, charitable organizations, etc. And the biggest thing is that they pay their employees before the end of the month, the number of employees is more than 150,000.
This great personality has passed away.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un
