After nearly two decades in a deep coma, Prince Al Walid bin Haled bin Talal al -Saud passed away as the “sleeping prince” of Saudi Arabia at the age of 36.
The news of his death was made known on Saturday, July 19, his father, Prince Haled bin Talal, with a post on the X platform.
“With deep faith in the will of Allah and great sadness, we mourn our beloved son,” he wrote, accompanying his message with a black and white photo of his son in the hospital bed.
{O, the soul, the soul, go back to your Lord, satisfied with a satisfactory, so enter me into my servants, and enter my paradise}
With the hearts of believers in the judgment of God, his destiny, with great sadness and sorrow, we mourn our dear son
Prince Alwaleed bin Khalid bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, may God have mercy on him
Who moved …– Khalid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz (Abu Al -Walid) (@allah_cure_ded)
The funeral sequence was scheduled for today, Sunday, July 20, at the Imam Turki Bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh.
The traffic accident of the “sleeping prince”
Al Walid was seriously injured in a car accident in 2005, when he was 15 years old and was studying at a Military Academy in London. The craniocerebral injuries and the internal bleeding led him to a coma from which he never recovered.
Since then he has been hospitalized at a rehabilitation center in Riyadh, under mechanical support, with his father constantly on his side and rejecting any thought of interruption of artificial support.
> Prince Haled, known for his conservative positions, had turned his son’s room into a prayer and follow -up area, while posting regular videos with subtle movements – such as lifting a finger – as signs of life.
The room was adorned with every major religious or national celebration, while dozens of visitors, members of the royal family and citizens were passed through time to pray next to him.
The deceased was great -grandfather of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullaziz, and a nephew of billionaire al -Walid bin Talal.
> His death closes a long -standing cycle of anxiety and expectation for his family and is a deeply human and symbolic capital for Saudi society.
His mother’s post for his 36th birthday
Habibi Al -Walid bin Khalid twenty -one years and you are always present in our hearts, and in the hearts of your loved ones with our calls. Oh God, heal your servant Al -Walid; He does not know about his weakness except you, Lord of the heavens and the earth.
Rima Bint Talal (@RIMA_TALAL)
