The 2009 season saw him progress into the senior ranks. He took victory at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in November with a national indoor record run of 47.31 sec. He set a second national indoor record the following day, as he helped the Saudi team to the relay gold in a time of 3:10.31 (also a Games record). He won his first outdoor senior medal in the 400 m later that month, finishing behind Liu Xiaosheng and Yuzo Kanemaru to take the bronze medal at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships. The following year, he started off the Saudi relay team to a gold medal win in national record time (3:02.30 min) at the 2010 Asian Games.