whom he knew in this world and greets him, but Allah restores his soul to him so that he may return the greeting.”

The deceased may recognize those who visit him. Hence, the Sunnah is to say:

“Peace be upon you, inhabitants of this abode, a believing people. We shall, if Allah wills, join you. May Allah have mercy on those among us and you who have gone before and those who will follow.”

And Allah knows best.

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked:

A group of people have a burial ground in an isolated place, where someone was killed. They have established another burial ground for themselves. Is it permissible to transfer their dead to the newly established burial ground or not?

He answered:

The deceased must not be exhumed for the reason mentioned. And Allah knows best.

He was asked about the assertion made by some people:

“Allah has angels who transfer the dead from Muslim cemeteries to Jewish and Christian cemeteries, and from Jewish and Christian cemeteries to Muslim cemeteries.”

What they mean is that someone who met an evil end as known to Allah, although he outwardly died a Muslim, or someone who was