Are graves to be exhumed to build a mosque or cut a road?

Question:
If a person wants to build a mosque on a piece of land and finds graves in it that are not facing the qiblah, is it permissible to exhume these graves, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did with the graves of the polytheists?

Answer:
This requires consideration. If the need calls for it, the authorities will look into it. If it is established that they are the graves of disbelievers, they are removed. But if they are the graves of Muslims, they are respected, left in place, and the mosque is built in another location. As for the graves of disbelievers: they are removed and built upon, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) built his mosque on the site of the polytheists' graves; he exhumed and removed them (peace and blessings be upon him).
Q: If they are the graves of Muslims, are they exhumed out of need?
A: No, they are not exhumed. They remain as they are, are preserved, and are not subjected to any harm.
Q: Even out of need: for cutting a road or the like?
A: Dire necessity has its own rulings; dire necessities have their own rulings.