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Video: A little boy offers help for Haj performers with simple act of kindness

Riyadh - He was patted on the back by several pilgrims

More than two million pilgrims are attending this year's Haj and everyone is helping the pilgrims in whichever way they could.
A young boy offered a helping hand by cutting plastic bags that pilgrims would need to place their shoes and belongings in, Al Arabia reports.
He was patted on the back by several pilgrims.

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims made their way toward a massive multi-story complex in Mina after dawn on Friday to cast pebbles at three large columns.
The final days of Haj coincide with the Eid Al Adha holiday, or "Feast of Sacrifice," to commemorate Ibrahim's test of faith. For the holiday, Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor.
For the final three days of Haj, pilgrims sleep in a large tent valley called Mina and for three days take part in a symbolic stoning of the devil. Mina is also where more than 2,400 people were killed two years ago in a stampede and a collision of two crowds that crushed people under the force.