The mistake happened after prayers were held for five people who had recently died. Two of the bodies were covered with sheets of the same color. One family then accidentally grabbed the wrong body and took it away to the cemetery. Just before the grave was being closed, the other family arrived to rectify the mistake. They said their dead relative had written on his will that he would like to be buried at his village south of Taif. An exchange of bodies took place without any extra fuss.