What is the ruling on passing through a road that cuts through a cemetery?

The questioner : Passing through a road that cuts through a cemetery, so what do you say, O my Shaykh?

The Shaykh : If, first of all, it is known that it was established as a road previously, then there is no problem. In fact, this is in accordance with the regulations and the solution to the problem of walking in shoes in the cemeteries.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And if it is the opposite of that, meaning it is known that these are graves and then they were covered over, if the covering over means that the graves were moved to a cemetery and the land remained as land, then there is no obstacle.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And if it was covered over in the sense that they did not care about the bones inside, then it is not permissible to pass through except out of dire necessity.

The questioner : Yes. I mean, like our current situation, meaning this counts as...

The Shaykh : First of all, we cannot judge whether this road was there before or if it is new. I mean, personally.

The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Second: the previous details apply. The roads are now open, and there is no way to get there except by going around.

The questioner : A long way around, yes.

Another questioner : Similar to a parking lot, my Shaykh, meaning...

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : The parking lot at the Capital Municipality in the city. If we want to come to the Raghdat bakery, and we are coming from the market, I mean, from the market in the Bayt Nizam area, which was a previous system.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : If we turn from the old Bayt Nizam area and keep Bayt Nizam on our left and head back to your house, for example, the parking lot will be on our right at the entrance between the cars.

The Shaykh : The Municipality?

The questioner : The Municipality, yes, in the center of the city.

The Shaykh : The Municipality, here, there is a cemetery.

The questioner : The Municipality, yes, this is the car park. This is a cemetery now. The cars can park on top of the cemetery. All the cars you see are parked on top of the cemetery.

The Shaykh : I mean, there were graves and they were removed.

The questioner : Yes, they removed some and were unable to remove some. They told the people who had a grave to come and take their bones. Some took them and moved them, and some were not present and it is not known if they were moved, so they remained... and the dirt was removed and cleared, and all of it became these parking lots.

Another questioner : Abu Abdullah, what year was this?

Another questioner : This was years ago. I mean, I am aware of it. I know it, and it is a cemetery.

Another questioner : I was not aware of this.

Another questioner : No, I know it is a cemetery. I found it to be a cemetery because my grandfather's house is opposite it. My grandfather's house is still opposite it. I mean, I have identified its location and area from my grandfather's house.

Another questioner : From 'Ata 'Ali's place, I mean?

Another questioner : This is opposite 'Ata 'Ali, and above all this... this is where the alternative is taken. I do not enter it except if...

Another questioner : I ride every day...

The Shaykh : It is not from Hadramawt. Someone brought it intentionally for the purpose of deception.

The questioner : I mean, they opened the stone and put it inside.

Another questioner : By Allah, Abu Abdullah.

Another questioner : It is not too much for them.

The Shaykh: How?

The questioner : It is not too much for them, it is permissible, I mean.

The Shaykh : No, what did you say?

The questioner : I am saying it is not too much for them...

The Shaykh : Stone, not stone, what?

The questioner : They dig up the stones and put them inside because it is inside, I mean, a rock grave.

The Shaykh : My brother, a rock grave, how? If we assume that this is true, how did this person die inside?

The questioner : No, he is buried, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I mean, I mean, if this is a real grave, not that a living person entered.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, is it not possible for a living person to enter a skull?

The questioner : Yes, you may.

The Shaykh : Why are you excluding that?

The questioner : I am excluding the appearance, I mean, that the digging is toward the carving of the chamber and the cover of the stone from the rock made previously, I mean, in a way that shows its age, so that is why.

Another questioner : ... The graves in Egypt consist of rooms, and between them are streets. So, is this how one walks between them in shoes, or not?

The Shaykh : My brother, the intention of walking, I mean, stepping on the graves, or what did we say here just now?

The questioner : These are not graves, I mean.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Like the passages in an Islamic cemetery, streets with no graves, organized such that the passages...