The Ruling on Walking over Graves and the Ruling on Digging Them Up

Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner, who used the code name Baha Ayni from Yemen, says: I am asking about the walking of cars and people over graves. Honorable Shaykh, what is the solution to this problem? And is it permissible to dig up the graves in this case or not?

Answer:
This is forbidden. Desecrating the graves by walking over them and driving cars over them is severely forbidden.
Because it is an encroachment on the dead, and the sanctity of a Muslim after death is like his sanctity while alive. Therefore, the graves must be fenced in and surrounded by barriers to prevent passersby. It is obligatory for the one in authority in the town, it is obligatory for the one in authority in the town, so the governor or the mayor, or the head of the municipality, must fence in these graves. This is specifically among the responsibilities of the municipalities. It is obligatory for the one who has authority from the one in authority to fence in these graves, because this is part of his jurisdiction.
It is obligatory for him to do so. And if one of the Muslims who hopes for reward and recompense fences in these graves, he has a great reward for that; because of the preservation of the graves that results from his work, and the prevention of harm to the dead who are unable to defend themselves. Therefore, this cemetery must be leveled, or an iron fence must be made to prevent entry into it and driving over it. As for the issue of digging up the graves, this requires consideration by the judge of the town, and by the scholars of knowledge to whom recourse is made in these great matters. Yes.