What is the ruling on entering a cemetery and walking among the graves while wearing shoes?

Question:
There is a cemetery in our city, and we sometimes visit it. However, some Muslims who visit the cemetery enter the graves with their sandals and shoes and walk among them wearing them. Is this permissible or not? And may we rebuke them for it? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is well known that it is not permissible to show disrespect to cemeteries, nor to step on them, sit on them, or cause harm to them; because the sanctity of a Muslim who is dead is like his sanctity when he is alive. As for entering them with sandals, if a person needs the sandals because the ground has thorns, or because it is hot from the sun, there is no harm in entering with sandals. However, he should be careful not to step on a grave, but rather pass between the graves and walk on the ground where there are no graves, stepping between the graves. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.