The ruling on praying behind an imam who lets his garment hang below the ankles and shaves his beard in a mosque without a mu'adhdhin

Question:
There is a mosque in our neighborhood that was built by the merchants, but it has neither water nor a mu'adhdhin. Yes. They say that in their neighborhood there is no mosque built due to a dispute among the residents, and no water is provided for it, nor is there a mu'adhdhin. The owners have agreed that the imam will handle the adhan and the prayer, counting it as a good deed, but he is short-tempered, lets his garment hang below the ankles, yet he is careful with the adhan, its time, and its recitation. Is the prayer valid or not? Also, there is no mosque nearby.

Answer:
His work in the mosque is a good deed for which he will be rewarded, if Allah wills. As for his shaving of the beard and letting his garment hang below the ankles, these are sins for which he will be punished. He is punished for his sins and rewarded for his acts of obedience because he is a believer. I am not saying that his sins take him out of the faith. Good deeds are recorded for him and he is rewarded for them, and evil deeds are recorded against him and he is punished for them, if Allah the Exalted wills. As for the mosque, go to the Waqf Office, the Department of Mosque Affairs; they will appoint an imam and a mu'adhdhin for it. There is a government department, praise be to Allah, that handles this work. Go to them. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.