Emirati martyr laid to rest in Fujairah
FAMILY REMEMBERS AL KAABI AS A CARING MAN WHO LOVED HUMANITARIAN WORK
First corporal Saeed Mattar Ali Al Kaabi loses his life while performing his national duty in Saudi Arabia’s Najran |
[He was] a caring person and an affectionate father, kind and generous ... He was always urging us to take care of our mother when he left on his military mission.” Rashid Al Kaabi | Martyr’s brother
Emirati martyr First Corporal Saeed Mattar Ali Al Kaabi was laid to rest in Fujairah yesterday. Al Kaabi lost his life while performing his national duty in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region as part of Operation Restoring Hope being conducted in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition to back the legitimate government in Yemen.
The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces announced his martyrdom on Thursday.
Al Kaabi’s body arrived at Al Bateen Executive Airport earlier yesterday on board an aircraft of the UAE Armed Forces. A military ceremony attended by senior officers was held at the airport to receive the body of the martyr.
Al Kaabi was 36. He is survived by his wife, and four children — Mattar, 8, Halima, 6, Fatima, 4 and Rashid, 3.
Al Kaabi was one of 13 siblings — seven brothers and six sisters.
The funeral prayer was held at Al Tawhid mosque in Al Quryah area in Fujairah.
Hundreds of Emiratis, residents and senior officials performed the prayer for the martyr and his body was buried in Al Quryah cemetery after the Asr prayer.
They prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the martyr’s soul in Paradise and grant solace to his family.
Rashid Al Kaabi, the martyr’s brother, told Gulf News that when his family heard the news, they felt proud of his sacrifice. All his family members, he said, are ready to sacrifice their souls to protect the nation’s security and stability.
“The whole country and I are proud of my brother and other martyrs,” he said.
Rashid said that the martyr had, in a voice message, requested his brothers and sisters to gather at their mother’s house on Thursday when he would come on a visit but they were shocked by the news that he died only hours before his arrival in the UAE.
Rashid said his brother had always said he would either come home in victory or in martyrdom and he achieved one of his wishes.
In another voice recording, the martyr had told his brother that all his friends had became martyrs and that he wished to join them.
He was known for his love for humanitarian work. Rashid described his martyred brother as a “caring person and an affectionate father, kind and generous”.
He would call and keep in touch with his mother, his wife and his brothers and sisters. “He was always urging us to take care of our mother when he left on his military mission,” he said.
The father of the family died 19 months ago.
Al Kaabi’s mother, though overwhelmed by grief, is proud that he was martyred in the line of duty.
The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces extended its condolences to the family and relatives of the martyr, praying to Allah to rest his soul in eternal peace, and bestow patience and solace on his family and relatives.