Exhuming graves and transferring remains to bury new deceased

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In some countries where the land is rocky, they dig up graves and move the remains to another place in order to bury new deceased in that location. He asks: What is the ruling on this? And are there any guidelines for it?

Answer:
I do not think, if Allah wills, that there is any land with this characteristic. There is no cemetery that does not have a specific location. The land is vast, praise be to Allah. And today, praise be to Allah, cars have made it easy to transport the deceased to a suitable place. This is only done by those who do it in Makkah or al-Madinah for the sake of blessing. It is not because of the narrowness of the land or its difficulty. When they do this, they say, “He is buried in the garden, he is buried with that, he will enter Paradise.” They believe in the blessing in this for the sake of seeking blessing.