The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.24

7.24

迦葉又言：「彼同人類，俱存現世，而猶不放，況汝所親，十惡備足，身死命終，必入地獄，獄鬼無慈，又非其類，死生異世，彼若以輭言求於獄鬼：『汝暫放我，還到世間，見親族言語辭別，然後當還。』寧得放不？」

Kāśyapa continued, “The same type of person exists in the present world, but they aren’t released. How could your friend who had done the ten evil deeds return? He surely went to Hell when his body broke up and his life ended. The demons in Hell have no mercy. They’re inhuman, and the dead are born in a different world. Suppose someone spoke to those demons of Hell with gentle words, ‘Please let me go for a little while to return to the world and say farewell to my friend. I’ll return after I’m done.’ Would they release him?”