What is the ruling on entering graveyards wearing sandals?

The questioner : The questioner wrote it like this, saying as he wrote, and the correct question is clear, if Allah wills: Is entering graveyards wearing sandals obligatory or recommended? That is what he wrote.

The Shaykh : Yes, entering graveyards wearing sandals is prohibited by the Shari'ah. It is not permissible for a Muslim to enter a graveyard in his sandals. Rather, when he is about to enter, he should take off his sandals and leave them to the side. This is if he is compelled to walk between the graves, because many graveyards are not organized in such a way that one walking among them can be assured he is not stepping on a grave with his foot. He may walk while a grave is beneath him. Here lies the problem: it may be a single grave or a double one. If he walks barefoot on the graves, this walking is a humiliation of the graves, and this is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In this hadith, there is a reciprocal jurisprudence. On one hand, it commands the Muslim to respect the dead of the Muslims and not to humiliate them, even by stepping on them with his feet. It says: On the other hand, it commands us not to exaggerate in honoring them, such as praying toward them. This is an exaggeration in honoring the deceased, so the Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited it, just as he prohibited sitting on a grave. There is no doubt that both of these prohibitions are of the type that some later jurists call "having a comprehensible meaning." The prohibition of sitting on a grave and the prohibition of praying toward it are matters with a comprehensible meaning. That is, if someone asks why the Wise Lawgiver prohibited sitting on a grave? The answer is: out of respect for him and honoring him. He also prohibited something more important than that, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is an exaltation of the status of the deceased believer, to the extent that he (peace be upon him) said: Therefore, do not sit on graves. This ruling has a comprehensible meaning, namely, honoring this Muslim and keeping the living Muslim away from humiliating the dead, because the dead still possess sanctity. In contrast to that, is also a ruling with a comprehensible meaning. Why? Because it involves an exaltation of a form of worship that a Muslim must not direct to anyone but Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). It is not permissible to direct this worship to a grave. Therefore, here there is a prohibition of sitting out of respect for this deceased. Likewise, walking between graves: if you are not walking on ground where there is no grave under your feet, but you are walking on ground where you do not know that there is no grave under it, then it is not permissible for a person to walk between graves, even barefoot, unless there is a pressing need, such as reaching a grave where he wants to bury his companion or relative. All the more so, it is not permissible for a Muslim to walk between graves in his sandals. There is an explicit hadith on this. It was reported in "Musnad al-Imam Ahmad" and in some of the Sunan and Sahih collections, such as "Sahih Ibn Hibban," that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw one day a man from his Companions named al-Bashir ibn al-Khassasiyyah walking between the graves in his sandals. He called out to him and said to him: Therefore, the previous question seems to have been inverted for the questioner, where he asked whether it is obligatory or recommended. I suspect his pen or his mind got ahead of him; he wanted to say: Is it forbidden or disliked? So he said the opposite: Is it obligatory or is it recommended? Here, it is necessary to remind you of a doubt that many people face when they hear this last hadith:
The student: And upon you peace.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.