The ruling on the presence of the grave of Yahya (peace be upon him) in the Umayyad Mosque

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. There is a grave inside the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus that is said to be the grave of the Prophet of Allah, Yahya (peace be upon him). Is this correct? And is it permissible to pray in this mosque where the grave is inside the mosque?

Answer:
Yes, it is said that the grave of Yahya (peace be upon him) was a church for the Christians, and the Umayyad Mosque was built next to it. I have not gone there, but what we hear is that it is isolated; the grave of Yahya is isolated from the Umayyad Mosque, adjacent to it but separated from it. Yes, or is it in a rear section of the mosque?
This may not be correct. It is known that the grave of Zakariyya, or rather the grave of Yahya, is not inside the mosque; this is what is known among the scholars. However, they may build a structure and say, “This is the grave of Yahya,” and that is a lie. How many lies have they told about graves, saying, “This is the grave of such-and-such a wali (close friend of Allah),” when in reality there is no wali there, and there is no one there. Yes.