A source quoted President Saad Hariri as saying that the medical team monitoring his surgery advised him not to travel, which prevented him from attending the funeral of his aunt's husband, Mustafa Hariri, in Beirut. His brother Bahaa attended and received calls from influential figures requesting to meet with him, but he responded that he only came to offer condolences and recite the Fatiha at his father's grave, stating: "The days are long."