What is the ruling on keeping the bodies of enemy dead to exchange them for Muslim prisoners, and is a special cemetery designated for them?
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If there is a valid interest in preserving the remains of the dead, such as exchanging them for Muslim captives, then there is no harm in that. In this case, they are not kept in Muslim cemeteries, but rather buried in a special place of their own.
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