What is the ruling on walking among the graves wearing sandals?
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The questioner : And as we were coming, we passed by... and some people were walking in their sandals, so he mentioned that...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, no...
The Shaykh : The hadith: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was walking with... one day, and he turned this way toward the graves and saw a man walking in his sandals among the graves, so he said (peace be upon him): يا صاحب السَّبتيَّتين ، اخلَعْ نعليك O owner of the two sandals, take off your sandals., so walking among the graves in sandals is not Islamic etiquette. So if you intend by your question walking among the graves... where there is a narrow passage between each grave, naturally when one enters the cemetery, he must take off his sandals because of this hadith. But now, in some modern cemeteries, they make passages between the graves, roads, meaning there is no harm in passing through them wearing sandals because they are roads. As for the old cemeteries, where there is a grave like this and a grave like this and like this, this is not permissible, because there is no doubt that one will step on a grave. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: لا تجلسوا على القبور ، ولا تصلُّوا إليها Do not sit on the graves nor perform Salat towards them.Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1050. This is the answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, no...
The Shaykh : The hadith: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was walking with... one day, and he turned this way toward the graves and saw a man walking in his sandals among the graves, so he said (peace be upon him): يا صاحب السَّبتيَّتين ، اخلَعْ نعليك O owner of the two sandals, take off your sandals., so walking among the graves in sandals is not Islamic etiquette. So if you intend by your question walking among the graves... where there is a narrow passage between each grave, naturally when one enters the cemetery, he must take off his sandals because of this hadith. But now, in some modern cemeteries, they make passages between the graves, roads, meaning there is no harm in passing through them wearing sandals because they are roads. As for the old cemeteries, where there is a grave like this and a grave like this and like this, this is not permissible, because there is no doubt that one will step on a grave. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: لا تجلسوا على القبور ، ولا تصلُّوا إليها Do not sit on the graves nor perform Salat towards them.Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1050. This is the answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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