Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim al-Thani sent a message on Twitter to Doha requesting from officials in Qatar to let the service number for Qatari pilgrims in Saudi Arabia be known. He concluded by saying: "It may be an unintended mistake.”

In a second tweet, Sheikh Abdullah said that the number of Qatari pilgrims so far who came from around the world is 902 pilgrims, this number has increased to 1024 since his tweet.

He saluted and thanked all those involved in facilitating the pilgrims' entry into the Holy Land. "God bless everyone's efforts and their good deeds,” Sheikh Abdullah added.