The ruling on praying in shoes in carpeted mosques

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of the people praying behind the imam—I have seen one of them more than once praying in his boots. I told him that this is not appropriate in carpeted mosques, but rather in open areas, for example. He said that this is the Sunnah. Knowing that some of the congregation, especially those behind him, are bothered by his action, what is the legal ruling on this?

Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible because it disturbs the people, and it also dirties the mosque. The mosque today is not like it was at the beginning, when mosques were made of dirt and gravel, and it did not affect them if one entered wearing shoes. But now, as you know, they are carpeted or tiled. So if this person enters and that person enters and that person enters, they get dirty. This harms the mosque; it harms the mosque and dirties the mosque. So the time has changed now. He must take off his shoes, or pray in socks if he is wearing socks. He wipes over the socks and wears the boots over them. When he wants to enter the mosque, he takes off the boots and prays with the socks on him. He does not disturb the people and does not dirty the mosques.
This is a Sunnah, but it is opposed by what opposes it in terms of harm. It is opposed by harm, which is the disturbance and the dirtying of the mosques. Yes.