Is it obligatory to report to the authorities that the official imam and mu'adhdhin of the mosque are not attending?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. A questioner asks: I work as a mosque inspector, and I find great difficulty in this, because I attend the mosque and do not find the official imam and mu'adhdhin on a regular basis. When I ask about their absence, I am told that they are old in age and cannot attend regularly. And when I report their absence, they are deprived of their stipend.

The Shaykh:
Deprived. They are deprived.

The questioner:
They are deprived of the stipend. Advise us on what we should do with these people?

The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to clarify the reality. If the imam or the mu'adhdhin does not perform the work and you do not find him, it is obligatory for you to write that you did not find him. You did not find him at the time you arrived at the mosque. Clarify the truth.
Even if the ministry takes a pledge from them that they either perform the work and attend, or they are replaced by someone else who performs the work. The one who is unable to perform the work because he is old or because he is sick does not volunteer for the imamah and does not volunteer for the adhan. This is a responsibility that does not place a burden on him if he is unable to perform it. If he is unable, he does not commit to the imamah and does not commit to the adhan.