Neymar was out for more than a year until last month following right knee surgery.
The Brazilian superstar lasted just 26 minutes as a second-half substitute before limping off with an apparent right hamstring strain in Monday's 3-0 AFC Champions League Elite win over Esteghlal.
The evening ended on a sour note for Al-Hilal when Neymar, who returned two weeks ago from a year out due to a ruptured cruciate ligament, was replaced 29 minutes after his introduction from the bench due to injury.
The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain attacker had not played since rupturing his meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while on international duty in October last year.
"Happy to be back in the group," Neymar posted on Instagram, with pictures of him running and kicking the ball, watched by Al Hilal's Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus.
Brazil coach Dorival Junior called for Neymar to be given as much time as he needs to make a complete recovery from a knee injury that has sidelined him for almost a year.
Neymar is set to miss the start of the next Saudi Pro League season as he recovers from a serious knee injury, Al Hilal's coach said Tuesday.
The country of Pele, Garrincha and Ronaldinho, which once wowed the world with its 'samba' style, has not won the World Cup since 2002. Nor has it produced a Ballon d'Or winner since Kaka in 2007.
Jorge Jesus' side, top of the Saudi league and still alive in the King's Cup and Asian Champions league, are bidding for a quadruple of trophies this season.
Los Blancos midfielder Casemiro says that PSG star Neymar is welcome at Real Madrid.
Spanish website Don Balon says that Real Madrid are set to offer Toni Kroos and fragile winger Gareth Bale as part of a player-cash deal to bring Brazilian star Neymar to the Bernabeu.
The man who broke news on Neymar's move to Paris now says that the Brazilian regrets leaving Barcelona.
Los Blancos defender Ramos believes that Neymar is one of the best in the world and says that the Real Madrid door is open for the Brazilian.
In an exclusive interview with Barcelona newspaper SPORT, Barca's star forward Luis Suarez reveals that neither he nor Lionel Messi wanted Neymar to leave and it was painful for the duo because of the relationship they had with Neymar.
Left-back Layvin Kurzawa was an unlikely hat-trick hero as Paris Saint-Germain destroyed Anderlecht 5-0 on Tuesday and sealed their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with two group games to spare.
PSG coach Unai Emery denies that Brazil star Neymar is disengaged during team sessions.
French media outlet Le Parisien report says that the special privileges that Neymar has received at PSG have not gone down well with his teammates.
Neymar becomes both hero and villain as the Brazil superstar scored and was then sent off as Paris Saint Germain snatched a last-gasp 2-2 draw in a fiery clash with bitter rivals Marseille in Ligue 1.
Neymar refers to Mbappe as the 'golden child' and reveals that he wants do for Mbappe what Messi did for him.