Walking around a cemetery in which no one has been buried

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I was driving my car past al-Nasim Cemetery, and as you know (may Allah preserve you), it consists of two sections, a northern and a southern one. He says: I found a man who appeared to have the characteristics of goodness, walking around the northern cemetery, in which no one has been buried. So I rebuked him and mentioned your ruling prohibiting that. He said, “No one has been buried in this one, so it is not called a cemetery.” Is his statement correct?

Answer:
First of all, if his intention in walking is exercise, if his intention is to walk for exercise, then there is no harm in this, even if there are people there, even if there are graves, there is no harm if his intention is exercise. But if his intention is to draw near to the dead or to seek intercession through them, then that is not permissible. Yes.