The imam of a mosque waits for specific people before starting the prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. In the last of this questioner's questions, he says: What is your view of the imam of a mosque who does not start the prayer unless specific people are present, even though many worshippers are there?

Answer:
It is obligatory for the imam to consider the circumstances of all the worshippers, not just some of them to the exclusion of others. Rather, he must consider them all so that he does not make things difficult for them.
He should not cause the prayer to be missed for those who come to catch it, nor should he hasten to start the prayer. Rather, he must wait, but he should not make things difficult for the worshippers by waiting too long. Rather, he must take a middle course in the matter so that he does not make things difficult for those present, nor deprive those who come of catching the prayer with the imam. However, if the latecomer is lazy and does not come until the very end of the people, he should not wait for him and make things difficult for those present who are waiting for the prayer. He must take a middle course so that he does not make things difficult for those present, nor deprive those who come of catching the prayer with the imam, unless the latecomer is lazy. Yes.